Purity and Danger: An Analysis of the Concepts of Pollution and Taboo by Mary Douglas

Purity and Danger: An Analysis of the Concepts of Pollution and Taboo

Mary Douglas

193 pages first pub 1966 (editions)

nonfiction philosophy sociology informative reflective slow-paced
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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 purit...

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