Natural symbols : explorations in cosmology
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Bibliographic Information
Natural symbols : explorations in cosmology
(Routledge classics)
Routledge, 2003
[2nd ed.]
- : pbk
Available at 14 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Originally published: 2nd ed. 1996
Includes bibliographical references (p. [180]-186) and index
Contents of Works
- Away from ritual
- To inner experience
- The Bog Irish
- Grid and group
- The two bodies
- Test cases
- The problem of evil
- Impersonal rules
- Control of symbols
- Out of the cave
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
- 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
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