02793nam 2200649Ia 450 991082199140332120200520144314.01-134-77374-91-134-77375-71-280-33137-20-203-03605-010.4324/9780203036051 (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)99100000000025214819960123e19961973 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrNatural symbols explorations in cosmology /Mary Douglas ; with a new introduction2nd ed.London ;New York Routledge19961 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 Mary1921-2007.81710MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910821991403321Natural symbols28859UNINA