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First published in 1992, this volume follows on from the programme for studying risk and blame that was implied in Purity and Danger. The first half o...
An Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and Taboo
Purity and Danger is acknowledged as a modern masterpiece of anthropology. It is widely cited in non-anthropological works and gave rise to a body of ...
Explorations in Cosmology
One of the most important works of modern anthropology. Written against the backdrop of the student uprisings of the late 1960s, the book took serious...
In "Purity and Danger" Mary Douglas identifies the concern for purity as a key theme at the heart of every society. She explains its relevance for eve...
Mary Douglas: Collected Works
Implicit Meanings was first published to great acclaim in 1975. It includes writings on the key themes which are associated with Mary Douglas' work an...
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First published in 1979, this volume introduces a cultural factor to theories of consumption. The World of Goods goes beyond standard economic analyse...
Essays in Cultural Theory
Risk and danger are culturally conditioned ideas. They are shaped by pressures of social life and accepted notions of accountability. The risk analyse...
In this wonderful book, the famous scientist and best-selling author, Konrad Lorenz, 'the man who talked with animals', enlightens and entertains us w...
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in...
The Story of North Polar Expeditions by the Nova Zembla and Spitzbergen Route
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was ...
Collected Works
Mary Douglas is a central figure within British social anthropology. Studying under Evans-Pritchard at Oxford immediately after the second world war, ...