Mary Douglas is a distinguished anthropologist. She retired as Professor of Anthropology at University College London in 1977, and taught in America until 1988. Her books include Purity and Danger (1966), Essays in the Sociology of Perception (1982), How Institutions Think (1986) and Risk and Blame (1992).

'It has an originality unmatched for a generation among the writings of anthropologists.' - Times Literary Supplement

• 1 Away from ritual 2 To inner experience 3 The Bog Irish 4 Grid and group 5 The two bodies 6 Test cases 7 The problem of evil 8 Impersonal rules 9 Control of symbols 10 Out of the cave

Mary Douglas is a distinguished anthropologist. She retired as Professor of Anthropology at University College London in 1977, and taught in America until 1988. Her books include Purity and Danger (1966), Essays in the Sociology of Perception (1982), How Institutions Think (1986) and Risk and Blame (1992).

'It has an originality unmatched for a generation among the writings of anthropologists.' - Times Literary Supplement

• 1 Away from ritual 2 To inner experience 3 The Bog Irish 4 Grid and group 5 The two bodies 6 Test cases 7 The problem of evil 8 Impersonal rules 9 Control of symbols 10 Out of the cave

Mary Douglas is a distinguished anthropologist. She retired as Professor of Anthropology at University College London in 1977, and taught in America until 1988. Her books include Purity and Danger (1966), Essays in the Sociology of Perception (1982), How Institutions Think (1986) and Risk and Blame (1992).

'It has an originality unmatched for a generation among the writings of anthropologists.' - Times Literary Supplement

• 1 Away from ritual 2 To inner experience 3 The Bog Irish 4 Grid and group 5 The two bodies 6 Test cases 7 The problem of evil 8 Impersonal rules 9 Control of symbols 10 Out of the cave