Purity and danger: an analysis of concept of pollution and taboo

In This Classic Work Mary Douglas Identifies The Concern For Pirity As A Key Theme At The Heart Of Every Society. She Reveals Its Wide-ranging Impact On Our Attitudes Tp Society, Values, Cosmology And Knowledge. Ritual Uncleanness -- Secular Defilement -- The Abominations Of Leviticus -- Magic And Miracle -- Primitive Worlds -- Powers And Dangers -- External Boundaries -- Internal Lines -- The System At War With Itself -- The System Shattered And Renewed. Mary Douglas ; With A New Preface By The Author. Originally Published: London : Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1966. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [221]-226) And Index.