The Lele of the Kasai / / Mary Douglas |
Autore | Douglas Mary |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxon [England] : , : Routledge, , 2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (305 p.) |
Disciplina | 572 |
Collana | Collected works / Mary Douglas |
Soggetto topico | Lele (Congolese (Democratic Republic) people) |
ISBN |
1-136-48899-5
1-315-01580-3 0-415-60672-1 1-136-48892-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; THE LELE OF THE KASAI; Copyright; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; I THE LELE ON THE MAP; II THE PRODUCTIVE SIDE OF THE ECONOMY; III DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH; IV THE VILLAGE: OFFICES AND AGE-SETS; V CLANS; VI MARRIAGE: I. THE PRIVATE WIFE AND PRIVATE FAMILY; VII MARRIAGE: II. THE COMMUNAL VILLAGE-WIFE AND COMMUNAL FAMILY; VIII BLOOD DEBTS; IX THE VILLAGE: AS CREDITOR AND DEBTOR; X THE ROLE OF THE ARISTOCRATIC CLAN IN RELATIONS BETWEEN VILLAGES; XI RELIGIOUS SANCTIONS ON VILLAGE UNITY AND THE ORGANIZATION OF VILLAGE CULTS; XII SORCERY; XIII CONTROL OF SORCERY; XIV EUROPEAN IMPACT ON LELE SOCIETY
APPENDIX A: Documentation of South HombaAPPENDIX B: BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES; INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779890603321 |
Douglas Mary | ||
Oxon [England] : , : Routledge, , 2003 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The Lele of the Kasai / / Mary Douglas |
Autore | Douglas Mary |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, : Routledge, 2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (305 p.) |
Disciplina | 572 |
Collana | Collected works / Mary Douglas |
Soggetto topico | Lele (Congolese (Democratic Republic) people) |
ISBN |
1-136-48899-5
1-315-01580-3 0-415-60672-1 1-136-48892-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; THE LELE OF THE KASAI; Copyright; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; I THE LELE ON THE MAP; II THE PRODUCTIVE SIDE OF THE ECONOMY; III DISTRIBUTION OF WEALTH; IV THE VILLAGE: OFFICES AND AGE-SETS; V CLANS; VI MARRIAGE: I. THE PRIVATE WIFE AND PRIVATE FAMILY; VII MARRIAGE: II. THE COMMUNAL VILLAGE-WIFE AND COMMUNAL FAMILY; VIII BLOOD DEBTS; IX THE VILLAGE: AS CREDITOR AND DEBTOR; X THE ROLE OF THE ARISTOCRATIC CLAN IN RELATIONS BETWEEN VILLAGES; XI RELIGIOUS SANCTIONS ON VILLAGE UNITY AND THE ORGANIZATION OF VILLAGE CULTS; XII SORCERY; XIII CONTROL OF SORCERY; XIV EUROPEAN IMPACT ON LELE SOCIETY
APPENDIX A: Documentation of South HombaAPPENDIX B: BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES; INDEX |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812400703321 |
Douglas Mary | ||
London, : Routledge, 2003 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Leviticus as literature / / Mary Douglas |
Autore | Douglas Mary |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (299 p.) |
Disciplina |
222.1306
222/.1306 |
Soggetto topico | Theological anthropology |
ISBN |
0-19-924419-7
0-19-151838-7 1-282-05293-4 9786612052934 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; List of Abbreviations; 1. The Ancient Religion; Chronology and the Writing; Reconstructing the Primordial Religion; 2. Two Styles of Thought; Analogical versus Rational-Instrumental Thinking; From Analogic to Dialogic; Social Basis of the Greek Breakthrough; Greek and Chinese Science; Imperatives in Leviticus; 3. Two Styles of Writing; The Language of Feeling; Containing and Covering; Mount Sinai; 4. Mountain, Tabernacle, Body in Leviticus 1-7; Logic of the Body; Forbidden Items; Entrails and Legs; The Inmost Being; The Doctrine of Remainders
5. The Totally Reformed ReligionDeuteronomy and Leviticus; The Central Sanctuary; No Cult of the Dead; Deuteronomy's Legislation; 6. Oracles Support Divine Justice; Divination and Sacrifice; Knowing When to Make a Private Sacrifice; Plausibility of Oracles; Priestly Divination; Inadvertent Sin; Sacrilege; Juridical Uses of the Oath; 7. Land Animals, Pure and Impure; Land Animals Under the Covenant; The Two Texts; Interpretations of Uncleanness/Impurity; Sacred Contagion; 8. Other Living Beings; God's Care for his Creation; Translating Swarming as Teeming; Leaven and Honey as Teeming Life Translating AbominationCreatures that Swarm in the Air; Competition in the Holiness Stakes; Conclusion; 9. Atonement for Sick Bodies; Loss of Vital Fluids; Leprosy; Reproductive Disorders; 10. The Two Screens; Leviticus a Projection of the Tabernacle; Fire for Fire, Burning for Burning; The Curser Cursed; Scandal of Talion; The Language of Oracles; 11. Inside the House/Book of God; Macro markers; The Outer Court; The Sanctuary; Atonement; Pedimental Composition; 12. Inside the Holy of Holies; The Great Proclamation of Liberty; Reading Leviticus through Genesis: Covering Reading Scapegoat and Scapebird through GenesisReferences; Index of Bible References; General Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910811673903321 |
Douglas Mary | ||
Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2000 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Risk and culture : an essay on the selection of technological and environmental dangers |
Autore | Douglas Mary |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 1982 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (232 p.) |
Disciplina | 304 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
WildavskyAaron B
DouglasMary |
Soggetto topico |
Risk management
Risk Risk - Social aspects Risk assessment Environmental impact analysis Technology - Risk assessment Teknologi Risikoledelse Miljøet |
Soggetto non controllato |
anthropology
climate change conservation crime cultural theory of risk danger economy environmentalism fear foreign affairs foreign policy global warming government policy hazard law and order media nonfiction personal politics personal protection political beliefs politics pollution risk management risk perception sense of danger social dangers social issues social organization society sociology technology worldview |
ISBN |
1-282-35523-6
9786612355233 0-520-90739-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Can We Know The Risks We Face? -- I. Risks are Hidden -- II. Risks are Selected -- III. Scientists Disagree -- IV. Assessment is Biased -- V. The Center is Complacent -- VI. The Border is Alarmed -- VII. The Border Fears For Nature -- VIII. America Is A Border Country -- IX. The Dialogue is Political -- Conclusion: Risk is a Collective Construct -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778083903321 |
Douglas Mary | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, 1982 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Risk and culture : an essay on the selection of technological and environmental dangers |
Autore | Douglas Mary |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 1982 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (232 p.) |
Disciplina | 304 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
WildavskyAaron B
DouglasMary |
Soggetto topico |
Risk management
Risk Risk - Social aspects Risk assessment Environmental impact analysis Technology - Risk assessment Teknologi Risikoledelse Miljøet |
Soggetto non controllato |
anthropology
climate change conservation crime cultural theory of risk danger economy environmentalism fear foreign affairs foreign policy global warming government policy hazard law and order media nonfiction personal politics personal protection political beliefs politics pollution risk management risk perception sense of danger social dangers social issues social organization society sociology technology worldview |
ISBN |
1-282-35523-6
9786612355233 0-520-90739-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Can We Know The Risks We Face? -- I. Risks are Hidden -- II. Risks are Selected -- III. Scientists Disagree -- IV. Assessment is Biased -- V. The Center is Complacent -- VI. The Border is Alarmed -- VII. The Border Fears For Nature -- VIII. America Is A Border Country -- IX. The Dialogue is Political -- Conclusion: Risk is a Collective Construct -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809074603321 |
Douglas Mary | ||
Berkeley, : University of California Press, 1982 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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