Natural symbols : explorations in cosmology / Mary Douglas ; with a new introduction
1996, First Routledge Edition. London ; New York : Routledge. Fine paperback copy. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #403121
ISBN: 0415138264
Physical description; xxxvii, 183 pages : illustrations. Notes; Originally published: 2nd ed. London : Barrie and Jenkins, 1973. Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-176) and index. Contents; Chapter 1 Away from ritual -- chapter 2 To inner experience -- chapter 3 The Bog Irish -- chapter 4 Grid and group -- chapter 5 The two bodies -- chapter 6 Test cases -- chapter 7 The problem of evil -- chapter 8 Impersonal rules -- chapter 9 Control of symbols -- chapter 10 Out of the cave. Subjects; Human body Religious aspects. Human body Mythology. Symbolism. Ritual. Ethnology Religious aspects. Cosmology. Human Body in folklore, mythology, & religion.
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