Risk and blame : essays in cultural theory /
Douglas, Mary, 1921-2007.
Risk and blame : essays in cultural theory / Mary Douglas. - London : Routledge, 1992. - xii, 323 p. + pbk.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Part I: Risk and blame -- Risk and blame -- Risk and justice -- Risk and danger -- Muffled ears -- Witchcraft and leprosy: two strategies for rejection -- The self as risk-taker: a cultural theory of contagion in relation to aids -- Part II: Wants and institutions -- The normative debate and the origins of culture -- Wants -- No free gifts: introduction to Mauss's essay on the gift -- Institutions of the third kind: British and Swedish labour markets compared -- Autonomy and opportunism -- Part III: Believing and thinking -- Thought style exemplified: the idea of the self -- Credibility -- A credible biosphere -- The debate on women priests -- The hotel Kwilu: A model of models.
0415119995 (m)
Risk--Sociological aspects.
Risk perception.
Risk assessment
Culture
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Risk and blame : essays in cultural theory / Mary Douglas. - London : Routledge, 1992. - xii, 323 p. + pbk.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Part I: Risk and blame -- Risk and blame -- Risk and justice -- Risk and danger -- Muffled ears -- Witchcraft and leprosy: two strategies for rejection -- The self as risk-taker: a cultural theory of contagion in relation to aids -- Part II: Wants and institutions -- The normative debate and the origins of culture -- Wants -- No free gifts: introduction to Mauss's essay on the gift -- Institutions of the third kind: British and Swedish labour markets compared -- Autonomy and opportunism -- Part III: Believing and thinking -- Thought style exemplified: the idea of the self -- Credibility -- A credible biosphere -- The debate on women priests -- The hotel Kwilu: A model of models.
0415119995 (m)
Risk--Sociological aspects.
Risk perception.
Risk assessment
Culture
302.12