Natural symbols; explorations in cosmology

by Mary Douglas
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Vintage Books (1973)
ISBN: 0394719425
EAN: 9780394719429
Binding/Media: Paperback - 218 pages
SKU: 697
Condition: New
Comments: **THE LARGER SOFTBACK BOOK!**. A RARE TO FIND IN EARLY PRINT. THE UNABRIDGED 1ST EDITION. PANTHEON, 1982. EARLY REPRINT. LARGER SOFTBACK BOOK AND PAGES ARE IN GREAT CONDITION. SHIPS BY EXPEDITED TO THE USA AND BY PRIORITY AIR MAIL TO OVERSEAS.

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Every natural symbol - derived from blood, breath or excrement - carries a social meaning and this work focuses on the ways in which any one culture makes its selections from body symbolism. Each person treats their body as an image of society and the author examines the varieties of ritual and symbolic expression and the patterns of social ritual in which they are embodied.
Natural Symbols is a book about religion and it concerns our own society at least as much as any other. It has stimulated new insights into religious and political movements and has provoked re-appraisals of current progressive orthodoxies in many fields. As a classic, it represents a work of anthropology in its widest sense, exploring themes such as the social meaning of natural symbols and the image of the body in society which are now very much in vogue in anthropology, sociology and cultural studies.
In this reissue and with a new Introduction, Natural Symbols will continue to appeal to all students of anthropology, sociology and religion.

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