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Purity and Danger
An Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and Taboo
Av Mary Douglas
Häftad, 2002
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255 kr
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Is cleanliness next to godliness? What does such a concept really mean? Why does it recur as a universal theme across all societies? And what are the implications for the unclean? In Purity and Danger Mary Douglas identifies the concern for purity as a key theme at the heart of every society. In …
Renhet och fara : En analys av begreppen orenande och tabu
Av Mary Douglas
Häftad, 1997
4,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (3)
213 kr
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Som första bok i sitt slag blev boken uppgörelse med den tidigare förhärskande etnocentriska forskningen på området. Den har bidragit till förståelse för hur social ordning avspeglas i de skilda kulturernas sätt att se på renhet och smuts.
Rules and Meanings
Av Mary Douglas
Inbunden, 2002
7575 kr
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First published in 1973, Rules and Meanings is an anthology of works that form part of Mary Douglas' struggle to devise an anthropological modernism conducive to her opposition to reputedly modernizing trends in contemporary society. The collection contains works by Wittgenstein, Schutz, Husserl, …
Jacob's Tears
The Priestly Work of Reconciliation
Av Mary Douglas
E-bok, 2004
544 kr
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Who is Israel? Who were the priestly authors of the Pentateuch? This anthropological reading of the Bible, by a world-renowned scholar, starts by asking why the Book of Numbers lists the twelve tribes of Israel seven times. Mary Douglas argues that the editors, far from being a separate elite …
Leviticus as Literature
Av Mary Douglas
Inbunden, 1999
2810 kr
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This first full-scale account of Leviticus by a world renowned anthropologist presents the biblical work as a literary masterpiece. Seen in an anthropological perspective Leviticus has a mystical structure which plots the book into three parts corresponding to the three parts of the desert …
Jacob's Tears
The Priestly Work of Reconciliation
Av Mary Douglas
Häftad, 2006
764 kr
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Who is Israel? Who were the priestly authors of the Pentateuch? This anthropological reading of the Bible, by a world-renowned scholar, starts by asking why the Book of Numbers lists the twelve tribes of Israel seven times. Mary Douglas argues that the editors, far from being a separate elite …
Leviticus as Literature
Av Mary Douglas
Häftad, 2001
735 kr
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This first full-scale account of Leviticus by a world-renowned anthropologist presents the biblical work as a literary masterpiece. Seen in an anthropological perspective Leviticus has a mystical structure which plots the book into three parts corresponding to the three parts of the desert …
In the Wilderness
The Doctrine of Defilement in the Book of Numbers
Av Mary Douglas
Häftad, 2001
844 kr
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In the Wilderness is a classic work on the anthropology of the Book of Numbers. Up to now Bible scholars have tended to dismiss Numbers - Wellhausen called it the junk room of the Bible, and most contemporary commentaries feel called upon to say something about its apparent lack of coherence. In …
Jacob's Tears
The Priestly Work of Reconciliation
Av Mary Douglas
Inbunden, 2004
2169 kr
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Who is Israel? Who were the priestly authors of the Pentateuch? This anthropological reading of the Bible, by a world-renowned scholar, starts by asking why the Book of Numbers lists the twelve tribes of Israel seven times. Mary Douglas argues that the editors, far from being a separate elite …
Thinking in Circles
An Essay on Ring Composition
Av Mary Douglas
Häftad, 2010
320 kr
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Exploring beyond the usual boundaries of social anthropology, a leader in the field shows why our readings of ancient literary texts may be off the markMany famous antique texts are misunderstood and many others have been completely dismissed, all because the literary style in which they were …
World of Goods
Av Mary Douglas, Baron Isherwood
Häftad, 2021
292 kr
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It is well-understood that the consumption of goods plays an important, symbolic role in the way human beings communicate, create identity, and establish relationships. What is less well-known is that the pattern of their flow shapes society in fundamental ways. In this book the renowned …
World of Goods
Av Mary Douglas, Baron Isherwood
Inbunden, 2021
2510 kr
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It is well-understood that the consumption of goods plays an important, symbolic role in the way human beings communicate, create identity, and establish relationships. What is less well-known is that the pattern of their flow shapes society in fundamental ways. In this book the renowned …
Natural Symbols
Av Mary Douglas
Inbunden, 1996
3791 kr
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Every natural symbol - derived from blood, breath or excrement - carries a social meaning and this work focuses on the ways in which any one culture makes its selections from body symbolism. Each person treats their body as an image of society and the author examines the varieties of ritual and …
Man in Africa
Av Mary Douglas, Phyllis M. Kaberry
Inbunden, 2001
4228 kr
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Tavistock Press was established as a co-operative venture between the Tavistock Institute and Routledge & Kegan Paul (RKP) in the 1950s to produce a series of major contributions across the social sciences. This volume is part of a 2001 reissue of a selection of those important works which have …
Lele of the Kasai
Av Mary Douglas
Inbunden, 2002
7575 kr
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This first volume is a compilation of numerous essays by Douglas on the Lele in the Belgian Congo covering a fifteen year period. There are early indications of Douglas's cultural imagination and written expression that were to make her works accessible and relevant to a western readership of …
Purity and Danger
An Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and Taboo
Av Professor Mary Douglas, Mary Douglas
Inbunden, 2002
4228 kr
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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 application, rebuttal and development within anthropology. In 1995 the book was included among the Times Literary Supplement's hundred most …
Evans-Pritchard
Av Mary Douglas
Inbunden, 2002
4228 kr
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First published in 1980, this book provides an overview of E. E. Evans-Pritchard's approach to anthropology. His seminal works on the Azande and the Nuer had an immense impact on the field in Britain. He wrote these works in his thirties and forties, after which time he became chair of anthropology …
Essays on the Sociology of Perception
Av Mary Douglas
Inbunden, 2002
3684 kr
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First published in 1982, this is one of Mary Douglas' favourite books. It is based on her meetings with friends in which they attempt to apply the grip/group analysis from Natural Symbols. The essays have been important texts for preparing grid/group exercises ever since. She is still trying to …
Food in the Social Order
Av Mary Douglas
Inbunden, 2002
7575 kr
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First published in 1984, This work is a cross-cultural study of the moral and social meaning of food. It is a collection of articles by Douglas and her colleagues covering the food system of the Oglala Sioux, the food habits of families in rural North Carolina, meal formats in an Italian-American …
Constructive Drinking
Av Mary Douglas
Inbunden, 2002
4228 kr
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First published in 1987, Constructive Drinking is a series of original case studies organized into three sections based on three major functions of drinking. The three constructive functions are: that drinking has a real social role in everyday life; that drinking can be used to construct an ideal …
Risk and Acceptability
Av Mary Douglas
Inbunden, 2002
4228 kr
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First published in 1985, Mary Douglas intended Risk and Acceptability as a review of the existing literature on the state of risk theory. Unsatisfied with the current studies of risk, which she found to be flawed by individualistic and psychologistic biases, she instead uses the book to argue risk …
Natural Symbols
Explorations in Cosmology
Av Professor Mary Douglas, Mary Douglas
Häftad, 2003
264 kr
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One of the most important works of modern anthropology. Written against the backdrop of the student uprisings of the late 1960s, the book took seriously the revolutionary fervour of the times, but instead of seeking to destroy the rituals and symbols that can govern and oppress, Mary Douglas saw …
Witchcraft Confessions and Accusations
Av Mary Douglas
Inbunden, 2004
3063 kr
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Historians as well as anthropologists have contributed to this volume of studies on aspects of witchcraft in a variety of cultures and periods from Tudor England to twentieth-century Africa and New Guinea.Contributors include: Mary Douglas, Norman Cohn, Peter Brown, Keith Thomas, Alan Macfarlane, …
Rules and Meanings
Av Mary Douglas
Häftad, 2009
749 kr
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First published in 1973, Rules and Meanings is an anthology of works that form part of Mary Douglas' struggle to devise an anthropological modernism conducive to her opposition to reputedly modernizing trends in contemporary society. The collection contains works by Wittgenstein, Schutz, Husserl, …
Food in the Social Order
Av Mary Douglas
Häftad, 2009
749 kr
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First published in 1984, This work is a cross-cultural study of the moral and social meaning of food. It is a collection of articles by Douglas and her colleagues covering the food system of the Oglala Sioux, the food habits of families in rural North Carolina, meal formats in an Italian-American …
Evans-Pritchard
Av Mary Douglas
Häftad, 2010
749 kr
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First published in 1980, this book provides an overview of E. E. Evans-Pritchard's approach to anthropology. His seminal works on the Azande and the Nuer had an immense impact on the field in Britain. He wrote these works in his thirties and forties, after which time he became chair of anthropology …
Essays on the Sociology of Perception
Av Mary Douglas
Häftad, 2010
728 kr
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First published in 1982, this is one of Mary Douglas' favourite books. It is based on her meetings with friends in which they attempt to apply the grip/group analysis from Natural Symbols. The essays have been important texts for preparing grid/group exercises ever since. She is still trying to …
Constructive Drinking
Av Mary Douglas
Häftad, 2010
909 kr
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First published in 1987, Constructive Drinking is a series of original case studies organized into three sections based on three major functions of drinking. The three constructive functions are: that drinking has a real social role in everyday life; that drinking can be used to construct an ideal …
Lele of the Kasai
Av Mary Douglas
Häftad, 2010
909 kr
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This first volume is a compilation of numerous essays by Douglas on the Lele in the Belgian Congo covering a fifteen year period. There are early indications of Douglas's cultural imagination and written expression that were to make her works accessible and relevant to a western readership of …
Implicit Meanings
Selected Essays in Anthropology
Av Professor Mary Douglas, Mary Douglas
Häftad, 2010
909 kr
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Implicit Meanings was first published to great acclaim in 1975. It includes writings on the key themes which are associated with Mary Douglas' work and which have had a major influence on anthropological thought, such as food, pollution, risk, animals and myth. The papers in this text demonstrate …