Description: 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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EAN: 9781912284634
UPC: 9781912284634
ISBN: 9781912284634
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Format: Paperback, 127 pages
Author: Belton, Padraig
Book Title: An Analysis of Mary Douglas's Purity and Danger: A
Item Height: 0.7 cm
Item Length: 19.8 cm
Item Weight: 0.08 kg
Item Width: 12.9 cm
Language: Eng
Publisher: Macat International Limited
