Cultures and Crises: Understanding Risk and Resolution

by Mary Douglas and Richard Fardon

Book Overview

Written in the last two decades of her life, Cultures and Crises finds Mary Douglas developing analyses of critical conditions facing contemporary societies, sometimes in the company of distinguished co-authors across the whole gamut of social sciences.

The essays focus on the collaborative development of ′cultural theory′ from the ′grid and group′ analysis of the 1970s through to its application and elaboration...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1446254666
• ISBN13: 9781446254660
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.36 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.3"