Books by Mary Douglas

In this classic work Mary Douglas identifies the concern for pirity as a key theme at the heart of every society. She reveals its wide-ranging impact on our attitudes tp society, values, cosmology and knowledge.

The first section's chapters trace the influence of feminism on the development of feminist therapy, discuss a variety of professional issues and the goals of feminist therapy, discuss developmental issues, and examine the interface between feminist and psychotherapy systems, including psychodynamic, cognitive behavioral and family systems.

Mary Douglas was one of the most regarded anthropologists of the 20th Century. This is a dynamic and very personal collection of her reflections upon anthropological and cultural method within the social sciences.

Mary Douglas was one of the most regarded anthropologists of the 20th Century. This is a collection of her latest essays on culture, previously uncollected, from the last decade and a half of her life.

Presents a cross-cultural study of the moral and social meaning of food. This collection of articles covers the food system of the Oglala Sioux, the food habits of families in rural North Carolina, and meal formats in an Italian-American community near Philadelphia. It includes a grid/group analysis of food consumption.

Written against the backdrop of the student uprisings of the late 1960s, this text took seriously the revolutionary fervour of the times. Instead of seeking to destroy the rituals and symbols that can govern and oppress, the author claimed that if transformation were needed, it could only be made possible through better understanding.

An anthology of works that form part of the author's struggle to devise an anthropological modernism conducive to her opposition to reputedly modernizing trends in society. It contains works by Wittgenstein, Schutz, Husserl, Hertz and other continentals. It complements philosophers' work on language with the anthropologists' theory of knowledge.