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Natural symbols : explorations in cosmology / / Mary Douglas ; with a new introduction



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Autore: Douglas Mary <1921-2007., > Visualizza persona
Titolo: Natural symbols : explorations in cosmology / / Mary Douglas ; with a new introduction Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1996
Edizione: 2nd ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (222 p.)
Disciplina: 302.2/22
Soggetto topico: Ethnology - Religious aspects
Religion and sociology
Human body - Religious aspects
Note generali: Originally published: 2nd ed. London : Barrie and Jenkins, 1973.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [171]-176) and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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; Index
Sommario/riassunto: Every 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 cu
Titolo autorizzato: Natural symbols  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-134-77374-9
1-134-77375-7
1-280-33137-2
0-203-03605-0
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910783810603321
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