Risk and Blame : Essays in Cultural Theory
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0415119995
ISBN-13
9780415119993
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 10th, 1994
Print length
336 Pages
Weight
442 grams
Dimensions
21.70 x 14.70 x 2.30 cms
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The idea of risk has risen to prominence in political debate and in matters of public policy. This collection follows on from the programme for studying risk and blame that was implied in "Purity and Danger" and developed in subsequent publications.
Risk and danger are culturally conditioned ideas. They are shaped by pressures of social life and accepted notions of accountability. The risk analyses that are increasingly being utilised by politicians, aid programmes and business ignore the insights to be gained from social anthropology which can be applied to modern industrial society.
In this collection of recent essays, Mary Douglas develops a programme for studying risk and blame that follows from ideas originally proposed in Purity and Danger. She suggests how political and cultural bias can be incorporated into the study of risk perception and in the discussion of responsibility in public policy.
In this collection of recent essays, Mary Douglas develops a programme for studying risk and blame that follows from ideas originally proposed in Purity and Danger. She suggests how political and cultural bias can be incorporated into the study of risk perception and in the discussion of responsibility in public policy.
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