{"product_id":"mary-douglas-1764946857379","title":"Mary Douglas","description":"\u003cp\u003e\n\t\u003cstrong\u003eThis handy, concise book covers the life of Mary Douglas, one of the most important anthropologists of the second half of the 20th century.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\tHer work focused on how human groups classify one another, and how they resolve the anomalies that then arise. Classification, she argued, emerges from practices of social life, and is a factor in all deep and intractable human disputes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\tThis biography offers an introduction to how her distinctive approach developed across a long and productive career and how it applies to current pressing issues of social conflict and planetary survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\tFrom the Preface:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n\tThe influence of Professor Dame Mary Douglas (1921-2007) upon each of the social sciences and many of the disciplines in the humanities is vast. The list of her works is also vast, and this presents a problem of choice for the many readers who want to get a general idea of what she wrote and its significance, but who are somewhat baffled about where to begin. Our book offers a short overview and suggests why her key writings remain significant today.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Paul Richrds","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51395095232804,"sku":"9781800739796","price":92.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0880\/7635\/3828\/files\/CoreSourceHub_1bcb3a7a-8c51-44e8-b7b2-096558b79d29.jpg?v=1765218319","url":"https:\/\/indiepubs.co.uk\/products\/mary-douglas-1764946857379","provider":"IndiePubs UK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}