This valuable book introduces Mary Douglas's theories, and outlines the ways in which her work is of continuing importance for the future of the social sciences.
This valuable book introduces Mary Douglas's theories, and outlines the ways in which her work is of continuing importance for the future of the social sciences.
Paul Richards was formerly Professor of Anthropology at University College London, and now advises the Directorate of Research at Njala University in Sierra Leone. His numerous publications on the civil wars of the 1990s in West Africa have applied Douglas's theoretical insights to understanding rebellion and violent factional conflict.
Inhaltsangabe
List of Figures ¿Preface Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1. Social organization in Microcosm: Anomalies and Ritual Concentrate Conflict Chapter 2. Comparing on a Grand Scale: Elementary Forms do the Organizing Chapter 3. Building Fundamental Explanations: Rituals do the Institutionalizing, and Institutions Make Change Chapter 4. Analytic Method is also Ritual Peacemaking: Thinking in Circles Helps to Defuse Conflict Chapter 5. Douglas's Contribution to Understanding Human Thought and Conflict Coda References Index
List of Figures ¿Preface Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1. Social organization in Microcosm: Anomalies and Ritual Concentrate Conflict Chapter 2. Comparing on a Grand Scale: Elementary Forms do the Organizing Chapter 3. Building Fundamental Explanations: Rituals do the Institutionalizing, and Institutions Make Change Chapter 4. Analytic Method is also Ritual Peacemaking: Thinking in Circles Helps to Defuse Conflict Chapter 5. Douglas's Contribution to Understanding Human Thought and Conflict Coda References Index
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