Dame Mary Douglas, DBE, FBA (25 March 1921 – 16 May 2007) was a British anthropologist, known for her writings on human culture and symbolism, whose area of speciality was social anthropology. Douglas was considered a follower of Émile Durkheim and a proponent of structuralist analysis, with a strong interest in comparative religion. Aaron Wildavsky (May 31, 1930 – September 4, 1993) was an American political scientist known for his pioneering work in public policy, government budgeting, and risk management.
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Mary Douglas: Across Greenland’s Ice-Fields
Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. For most of …
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Aaron Wildavsky & Mary Douglas: Risk and Culture
Can we know the risks we face, now or in the future? No, we cannot; but yes, we must act as if we do. Some dangers are unknown; others are known, but not by us because no one person can know …
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€32.99
Mary Douglas: Jacob’s Tears
Who is Israel? Who were the priestly authors of the Pentateuch? This anthropological reading of the Bible, by a world-renowned scholar, starts by asking why the Book of Numbers lists the twelve …
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€40.41
Mary Douglas & Professor Mary Douglas: Implicit Meanings
Implicit Meanings was first published to great acclaim in 1975. It includes writings on the key themes which are associated with Mary Douglas‘ work and which have had a major influence on …
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€31.17
Mary Douglas & Professor Mary Douglas: Natural Symbols
Every natural symbol – derived from blood, breath or excrement – carries a social meaning and this work focuses on the ways in which any one culture makes its selections from body symbolism. Each …
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€27.54
Mary Douglas & Professor Mary Douglas: Purity and Danger
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 …
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€12.52
Mary Douglas & Professor Mary Douglas: Natural Symbols
Natural Symbols is one of the most important works of modern anthropology. First published over thirty years ago, the work presaged many of the most controversial areas of intellectual debate, from …
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€12.49
Mary Douglas & Professor Mary Douglas: Risk and Blame
Risk and danger are culturally conditioned ideas. They are shaped by pressures of social life and accepted notions of accountability. The risk analyses that are increasingly being utilised by …
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€32.38
Mary Douglas & Professor Mary Douglas: World of Goods
First published in 1979, this volume introduces a cultural factor to theories of consumption. The World of Goods goes beyond standard economic analyses, which rely on theories of individual …
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€31.09
Douglas Mary Douglas: Thinking in Circles
Many famous antique texts are misunderstood and many others have been completely dismissed, all because the literary style in which they were written is unfamiliar today. So argues Mary Douglas in …
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€22.35
Mary Douglas & Professor Mary Douglas: Natural Symbols
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 …
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€16.96
Mary Douglas & Professor Mary Douglas: Natural Symbols
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 …
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€16.83
Mary Douglas: Purity and Danger
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 …
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€19.06
Mary Douglas: Purity and Danger
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 …
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€19.07
Mary Douglas: Evans-Pritchard
First published in 1980, this book provides an overview of E. E. Evans-Pritchard“s approach to anthropology. His seminal works on the Azande and the Nuer had an immense impact on the field in …
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€54.88
Mary Douglas: Evans-Pritchard
First published in 1980, this book provides an overview of E. E. Evans-Pritchard“s approach to anthropology. His seminal works on the Azande and the Nuer had an immense impact on the field in …
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€54.88
Mary Douglas: Essays on the Sociology of Perception
First published in 1982, this is one of Mary Douglas“ favourite books. It is based on her meetings with friends in which they attempt to apply the grip/group analysis from
Natural Symbols. The …
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€54.72
Mary Douglas: Essays on the Sociology of Perception
First published in 1982, this is one of Mary Douglas“ favourite books. It is based on her meetings with friends in which they attempt to apply the grip/group analysis from
Natural Symbols. The …
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€54.72
Mary Douglas: Constructive Drinking
First published in 1987, Constructive Drinking is a series of original case studies organized into three sections based on three major functions of drinking. The three constructive functions are: …
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€67.30
Mary Douglas: Constructive Drinking
First published in 1987, Constructive Drinking is a series of original case studies organized into three sections based on three major functions of drinking. The three constructive functions are: …
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€67.30
Professor Mary Douglas: Implicit Meanings
Implicit Meanings was first published to great acclaim in 1975. It includes writings on the key themes which are associated with Mary Douglas“ work and which have had a major influence on anthropolo …
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€67.36
Professor Mary Douglas: Implicit Meanings
Implicit Meanings was first published to great acclaim in 1975. It includes writings on the key themes which are associated with Mary Douglas“ work and which have had a major influence on anthropolo …
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€67.36
Mary Douglas: Natural Symbols
Every natural symbol – derived from blood, breath or excrement – carries a social meaning and this work focuses on the ways in which any one culture makes its selections from body symbolism. Each …
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€270.26
Mary Douglas: Natural Symbols
Every natural symbol – derived from blood, breath or excrement – carries a social meaning and this work focuses on the ways in which any one culture makes its selections from body symbolism. Each …
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€270.26
Mary Douglas: Witchcraft Confessions and Accusations
Historians as well as anthropologists have contributed to this volume of studies on aspects of witchcraft in a variety of cultures and periods from Tudor England to twentieth-century Africa and New G …
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€67.36
Mary Douglas: Witchcraft Confessions and Accusations
Historians as well as anthropologists have contributed to this volume of studies on aspects of witchcraft in a variety of cultures and periods from Tudor England to twentieth-century Africa and New G …
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€67.36
Mary Douglas: Risk and Acceptability
First published in 1985, Mary Douglas intended
Risk and Acceptability as a review of the existing literature on the state of risk theory. Unsatisfied with the current studies of risk, which she …
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€67.36
Mary Douglas: Risk and Acceptability
First published in 1985, Mary Douglas intended
Risk and Acceptability as a review of the existing literature on the state of risk theory. Unsatisfied with the current studies of risk, which she …
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€67.36
Mary Douglas & Phyllis M. Kaberry: Man in Africa
Tavistock Press was established as a co-operative venture between the
Tavistock Institute and
Routledge & Kegan Paul (RKP) in the 1950s to produce a series of major contributions across the socia …
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€60.96
Mary Douglas & Phyllis M. Kaberry: Man in Africa
Tavistock Press was established as a co-operative venture between the
Tavistock Institute and
Routledge & Kegan Paul (RKP) in the 1950s to produce a series of major contributions across the socia …
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€61.36
Mary Douglas: Lele of the Kasai
This first volume is a compilation of numerous essays by Douglas on the Lele in the Belgian Congo covering a fifteen year period. There are early indications of Douglas’s cultural imagination and …
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€67.16
Mary Douglas: Lele of the Kasai
This first volume is a compilation of numerous essays by Douglas on the Lele in the Belgian Congo covering a fifteen year period. There are early indications of Douglas’s cultural imagination and …
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€67.16
Mary Douglas & Professor Mary Douglas: Purity and Danger
Purity and Danger is acknowledged as a modern masterpiece of anthropology. It is widely cited in non-anthropological works and gave rise to a body of application, rebuttal and development within …
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€314.26
Mary Douglas & Professor Mary Douglas: Purity and Danger
Purity and Danger is acknowledged as a modern masterpiece of anthropology. It is widely cited in non-anthropological works and gave rise to a body of application, rebuttal and development within …
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€314.26
Mary Douglas: Rules and Meanings
First published in 1973,
Rules and Meanings is an anthology of works that form part of Mary Douglas“ struggle to devise an anthropological modernism conducive to her opposition to reputedly …
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€54.79
Mary Douglas: Rules and Meanings
First published in 1973,
Rules and Meanings is an anthology of works that form part of Mary Douglas“ struggle to devise an anthropological modernism conducive to her opposition to reputedly …
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€54.79
Mary Douglas & Professor Mary Douglas: Risk and Blame
First published in 1992, this volume follows on from the programme for studying risk and blame that was implied in
Purity and Danger. The first half of the book Douglas argues that the study of risk …
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€314.26
Mary Douglas & Professor Mary Douglas: Risk and Blame
First published in 1992, this volume follows on from the programme for studying risk and blame that was implied in
Purity and Danger. The first half of the book Douglas argues that the study of risk …
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€314.26
Mary Douglas: In the Active Voice (Routledge Revivals)
First published in 1982, this collection of essays is a reproach to a form of the sociology of religion that treats people as the passive objects of impersonal social influences. In opposition to thi …
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€47.26
Mary Douglas: In the Active Voice (Routledge Revivals)
First published in 1982, this collection of essays is a reproach to a form of the sociology of religion that treats people as the passive objects of impersonal social influences. In opposition to thi …
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€47.26
Mary Douglas: Food in the Social Order
First published in 1984, This work is a cross-cultural study of the moral and social meaning of food. It is a collection of articles by Douglas and her colleagues covering the food system of the …
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€54.85
Mary Douglas: Food in the Social Order
First published in 1984, This work is a cross-cultural study of the moral and social meaning of food. It is a collection of articles by Douglas and her colleagues covering the food system of the …
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€54.79
Mary Douglas & Baron Isherwood: The World of Goods
It is well-understood that the consumption of goods plays an important, symbolic role in the way human beings communicate, create identity, and establish relationships. What is less well-known is tha …
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€21.36
Mary Douglas & Baron Isherwood: The World of Goods
It is well-understood that the consumption of goods plays an important, symbolic role in the way human beings communicate, create identity, and establish relationships. What is less well-known is tha …
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€21.16
Mary Douglas: Leviticus as Literature
This first full-scale account of Leviticus by a world-renowned anthropologist presents the biblical work as a literary masterpiece. Seen in an anthropological perspective Leviticus has a mystical …
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€185.21
Mary Douglas: Símbolos naturais
Cada ’símbolo natural‘ carrega um significado social, e cada cultura estabelece suas leituras desta significação. No plano individual, cada pessoa trata seu corpo como uma imagem da sociedade. Seria …
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€11.99
