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An Analysis of Mary Douglas's Purity and Danger
- An Analysis of the Concepts of Pollution and Taboo
Engelsk Paperback
An Analysis of Mary Douglas's Purity and Danger
- An Analysis of the Concepts of Pollution and Taboo
Engelsk Paperback

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Mary Douglas is an outstanding example of an evaluative thinker at work. In Purity and Danger: An Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and Taboo, she delves in great detail into existing arguments that portray traditional societies as “evolving” from “savage” beliefs in magic, to religion, to modern science, then explains why she believes those arguments are wrong. She also adeptly chaperones readers through a vast amount of data, from firsthand research in the Congo to close readings of the Old Testament, and analyzes it in depth to provide evidence that traditional and Western religions have more in common than the first comparative religion scholars and early anthropologists thought.

First evaluating her scholarly predecessors by marshalling their arguments, Douglas identifies their main weakness: that they dismiss traditional societies and their religions by identifying their practices as “magic,” thereby creating a chasm between savages who believe in magic and sophisticates who practice religion.

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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
127
ISBN-13:
9781912284634
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1912284634
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
21 feb 2018
Længde:
8mm
Bredde:
134mm
Højde:
154mm
Forlag:
Macat International Limited
Oplagsdato:
21 feb 2018
Forfatter(e):
Kategori sammenhænge