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

Douglas, Professor Mary

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Professor Douglas makes points which illuminate matters in the philosophy of religion and the philosophy of science and help to show the rest of us just why and how anthropology has become a fundamentally intellectual discipline.

About the Author: Mary Douglas is an internationally recognized anthropologist whose work is influencing scholars of religion in both her native England and in the U.S.A. She is afflilated with Northwestern University.

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Publisher: Routledge & Kegan Paul PLC
Publication Date: 1966
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