Purity and Danger: An Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and Taboo Condition:Well Read heading the investigative department of

heading the investigative department of the giant multi-national Poseidon Industrial

will be an indispensable guide for parents

But there is also a case to be made that even greatness needs to be examined and put under a microscope

editor of The New Yorker for thirty-five years

and social history: from indigenous antiquity to the Aztec period

Purity and Danger: An Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and Taboo Condition:Well Read heading the investigative department ofIn this fascinating study Mary Douglas shows how the idea of contagion is at work in the weak points of every conceptual structure, and analyses the rituals through which its symbols of danger and power are contained. Published 1970, Pelican Book. Binding of book is intact. Moderate creasing, fraying, and shelfwear on covers of book. Some tearing on back cover. Some tanning, foxing, and creasing on edges of book. Annotations in pencil and some foxing