Description
| Product ID: | 9780415314541 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Routledge Classics |
| Title: | Natural Symbols |
| Subtitle: | Explorations in Cosmology |
| Authors: | Author: Mary Douglas, Professor Mary Douglas |
| Page Count: | 240 |
| Subjects: | Anthropology, Anthropology, Cosmology and the universe, Cosmology & the universe |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating First published in 1970, this classic text represents a work of anthropology in its widest sense, exploring themes such as the social meaning of natural symbols and the image of the body in society. 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. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2003-08-14 |
