Natural Symbols: Explorations in Cosmology

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Routledge, 2004 - 240 páginas
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 instead that if transformation were needed, it could only be made possible through better understanding. Expressed with clarity and dynamism, the passionate analysis which follows remains one of the most insightful and rewarding studies of human behaviour ever written.
 

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1 Away from ritual
1
2 To inner experience
21
3 The Bog Irish
39
4 Grid and group
57
5 The two bodies
72
6 Test cases
92
7 The problem of evil
115
8 Impersonal rules
132
9 Control of symbols
152
10 Out of the cave
168
Bibliography
180
Index
187
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Mary Douglas (1921-). One of the most distinguished anthropologists of modern times. Purity and Danger, another of her major works, is also available in Routledge Classics.

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