TY  - BOOK
AU  - Douglas,Mary
TI  - Natural symbols: explorations in cosmology 
SN  - 0203036050
AV  - BL604.B64 D68 1996eb
U1  - 302.2/22 20
PY  - 1996///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Human body
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Mythology
KW  - Symbolism
KW  - Ritual
KW  - Corps humain
KW  - Aspect religieux
KW  - Rituel
KW  - LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES
KW  - Communication Studies
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Originally published: 2nd ed. London : Barrie and Jenkins, 1973; Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-176) and index; 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
N2  - "There are no such things as natural symbols. Every culture naturalises a certain view of the human body to make it carry social meanings. This work focuses on how the selections from blood, bones, breath or excrement, are made. Body symbolism is always in service to social intentions, and the body cannot be endowed with universal meanings." "In this now classic work Mary Douglas shows how certain forms of social life bring forth regularly the same varieties of symbolic expression. Hierarchy treats the body as a hierarchy; sect treats it as a closed system; individualism treats it as pervasive energy. Political movements as well as religions have their rituals, medicine, ethics, educational theory, aesthetics, a huge range of judgements fall into line behind the standard cultural bias."--Jacket
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