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Mary Douglas

Born

in Sanremo, Italy

March 25, 1921

Died

May 16, 2007

Genre

Social Sciences, Non Fiction & Science, Anthropology

Influences

Émile Durkheim, E.E. Evans-Pritchard ...more

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Average rating: 3.97 · 3,625 ratings · 258 reviews · 83 distinct works • Similar authors

	Purity and Danger really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2,414 ratings — published 1966 — 30 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Natural Symbols: Explorations in Cosmology 3.92 avg rating — 226 ratings — published 1970 — 57 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How Institutions Think 3.78 avg rating — 222 ratings — published 1986 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Leviticus As Literature 4.11 avg rating — 123 ratings — published 1999 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The World of Goods by Mary Douglas, Baron Isherwood 3.73 avg rating — 103 ratings — published 1979 — 31 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thinking in Circles: An Essay on Ring Composition (The Terry Lectures Series) 3.99 avg rating — 93 ratings — published 2007 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Risk and Culture: An Essay on the Selection of Technological and Environmental Dangers by Mary Douglas, Aaron Wildavsky 3.83 avg rating — 81 ratings — published 1982 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Risk and Blame: Essays in Cultural Theory 3.72 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 1992 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Implicit Meanings: Selected Essays in Anthropology 4.10 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 1975 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thought Styles: Critical Essays on Good Taste 3.80 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 1996 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Without the letters of condolence, telegrams of congratulations, and occasional postcards, the friendship of a separated friend is not a social reality. It has no existence without the rites of friendship. Social rituals create a reality which would be nothing without them. It is not too much to say that ritual is more to society than words are to thought. For it is very possible to know something and then find words for it. But it is impossible to have social relations without symbolic acts.”
― Mary Douglas, Purity and Danger

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“Relative to perceived physical wants, the Stone Age economy is an economy of abundance.”
― Mary Douglas and Steven Ney

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“Dirt is matter out of place”
― Mary Douglas, Purity and Danger: An Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and Taboo

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