description: Written against the backdrop of the student uprisings of the late 1960s, this classic book took seriously the revolutionary fervor of the times, but instead of seeking to destroy the rituals and symbols that can govern and oppress, Mary Douglas saw instead that if transformation were needed, it could only be made possible through better understanding. Expressed with clarity and dynamism, her passionate analysis remains one of the most insightful and rewarding studies of human behavior ever written. Natural Explorations in Cosmology, like Margaret Mead’s Coming of Age in Samoa and Claude Levi-Strauss’ Structural Anthropology, addresses contemporary cultural conditions in the Western world using the insights of anthropological studies. It begins with an apparent anomaly in contemporary Western While the better-educated, elite clergy of mainstream denominations tend to devalue the inherent efficacy of traditional observances such as abstaining from meat
language: English
title: Natural Symbols: Explorations in Cosmology
titlecomplete: Natural Symbols: Explorations in Cosmology
genres: Social Science, Philosophy, Nonfiction, Cultural Studies, Cultural, Research, Spirituality, Religion, Sociology, Anthropology
ratings_count: 195
publisher: Random House Inc