Implicit Meanings - Selected Essays in Anthropology - 2nd New Edition

Zusatztext Review from the first edition:'No more sparkling and suggestive work of social science is likely to appear in the near future. This book provides a splendid answer as to why anthropology goes on mattering and also as to why no surgery can separate it from sociology.' - The Economist Zusammenfassung Mary Douglas shows how anthropology can make a central contribution to knowledge and understanding across disciplines! and in everyday life. Inhaltsverzeichnis New material for this edition: Part I: New Introduction. 1. The Lele of the Kasai (1954); 4.Te chniques of Sorcery Control in Central Africa (1963); 5.The Lele Revisited (1987) Part II: New Introduction; 12. Obituary of Godfrey Lienhardt (1994) Part III: New Introduction 13. The Politicization of Risk (1970)! 16. Rightness of Categories (1993)

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• Authors: Mary Douglas, Professor Mary Douglas, Professor Mary Mary Douglas Douglas, Mary Douglas
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.07.1999
• EAN: 9780415205542
• ISBN: 978-0-415-20554-2
• No. of pages: 342
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general)