02801oam 2200649I 450 991078381060332120230421043421.01-134-77374-91-134-77375-71-280-33137-20-203-03605-010.4324/9780203036051 (CKB)1000000000252148(EBL)165645(OCoLC)277588847(SSID)ssj0000208698(PQKBManifestationID)11189678(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000208698(PQKBWorkID)10244718(PQKB)10053958(MiAaPQ)EBC165645(Au-PeEL)EBL165645(CaPaEBR)ebr10057163(CaONFJC)MIL33137(OCoLC)51273657(EXLCZ)99100000000025214820180706e19961973 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrNatural symbols explorations in cosmology /Mary Douglas ; with a new introduction2nd ed.London ;New York :Routledge,1996.1 online resource (222 p.)Originally published: 2nd ed. London : Barrie and Jenkins, 1973.0-415-13826-4 0-415-13825-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-176) and index.Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of diagrams; Acknowledgements; Introduction to 1996 edition; Introduction; Away from ritual; To inner experience; The Bog Irish; Grid and group; The two bodies; Test cases; The problem of evil; Impersonal rules; Control of symbols; Out of the cave; Bibliography; IndexEvery natural symbol - derived from blood, breath or excrement - carries a social meaning and this work focuses on the ways in which any one culture makes its selections from body symbolism. Each person treats their body as an image of society and the author examines the varieties of ritual and symbolic expression and the patterns of social ritual in which they are embodied.Natural Symbols is a book about religion and it concerns our own society at least as much as any other. It has stimulated new insights into religious and political movements and has provoked re-appraisals of cuEthnologyReligious aspectsReligion and sociologyHuman bodyReligious aspectsEthnologyReligious aspects.Religion and sociology.Human bodyReligious aspects.302.2/22Douglas Mary1921-2007.,81710MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910783810603321Natural symbols28859UNINA