PURITY AND DANGER

In Purity and Danger Mary Douglas identifies the concern for purity as a key the
me at the heart of every society. In lively and lucid prose she explains its rel
evance for every reader by revealing its wide-ranging impact on our attitudes to
society, values, cosmology and knowledge. The book has been hugely influential
in many areas of debate - from religion to social theory.



But perhaps its mos
t important role is to offer each reader a new explanation of why people behave
in the way they do. With a specially commissioned introduction by the author whi
ch assesses the continuing significance of the work thirty-five years on, this R
outledge Classics edition will ensure that Purity and Danger continues to challe
nge and question well into the new millennium.