PURITY AND DANGER NOW: new perspectives
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Mary Douglas's seminal work Purity and Danger continues to be indispensable reading for both students and scholars today. Marking the 50th anniversary of Douglas's classic, the present volume sheds fresh light upon themes raised by Douglas by drawing on recent developments in the social sciences and humanities, as well as current empirical research. In presenting new perspectives on the topic of purity and impurity, the volume integrates work in anthropology and sociology with contemporary idea…
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Mary Douglas's seminal work Purity and Danger continues to be indispensable reading for both students and scholars today. Marking the 50th anniversary of Douglas's classic, the present volume sheds fresh light upon themes raised by Douglas by drawing on recent developments in the social sciences and humanities, as well as current empirical research. In presenting new perspectives on the topic of purity and impurity, the volume integrates work in anthropology and sociology with contemporary ideas from religious studies, cognitive sciences and the arts.
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- Publication Date:2019.
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- Publisher(s):Routledge
- Place of Publication:Place of publication not identified
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2019.
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- ISBN:0367878380, 9780367878382
- oclc:on1130638006
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