Purity and Danger: An Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and Taboo (Routledge Classics)
by Mary Douglas
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- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0415289955
- ISBN 13
- 9780415289955
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About This Item
U.S.A.: Routledge, 2004. Soft cover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Bookstore label. In Purity and Danger Mary Douglas identifies the concern for purity as a key theme at the heart of every society. In lively and lucid prose she explains its relevance for every reader by revealing its wide-ranging impact on our attitudes to society, values, cosmology and knowledge. The book has been hugely influential in many areas of debate - from religion to social theory. But perhaps its most important role is to offer each reader a new explanation of why people behave in the way they do. With a specially commissioned introduction by the author which assesses the continuing significance of the work thirty-five years on, this Routledge Classics edition will ensure that Purity and Danger continues to challenge and question well into the new millennium.
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- Bookseller
- MAD HATTER BOOKSTORE (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006372
- Title
- Purity and Danger: An Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and Taboo (Routledge Classics)
- Author
- Mary Douglas
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0415289955
- ISBN 13
- 9780415289955
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Place of Publication
- U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 2004
- Pages
- 272
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
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