Mary Douglas

by Paul Richards and Perri 6

Book Overview

This handy, concise book covers the life of Mary Douglas, one of the most important anthropologists of the second half of the 20th century.

Her work focused on how human groups classify one another, and how they resolve the anomalies that then arise. Classification, she argued, emerges from practices of social life, and is a factor in all deep and intractable human disputes.

This biography offers an introduction...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1800739818
• ISBN13: 9781800739819
• Release Date: September 2023
• Publisher: Berghahn Books
• Length: 164 Pages
• Weight: 0.37 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 8.0"