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Risk and blame : essays in cultural theory / Mary Douglas.

By: Douglas, Mary, 1921-2007.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Routledge, 1992Description: xii, 323 p. + pbk.ISBN: 0415119995 (m).Subject(s): Risk -- Sociological aspects | Risk perception | Risk assessment | CultureDDC classification: 302.12
Contents:
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.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 302.12 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00015906
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Risk and danger are culturally conditioned ideas. They are shaped by pressures of social life and accepted notions of accountability. The risk analyses that are increasingly being utilised by politicians, aid programmes and business ignore the insights to be gained from social anthropology which can be applied to modern industrial society.
In this collection of recent essays, Mary Douglas develops a programme for studying risk and blame that follows from ideas originally proposed in Purity and Danger. She suggests how political and cultural bias can be incorporated into the study of risk perception and in the discussion of responsibility in public policy.

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.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Introduction (p. ix)
  • Part I Risk and Blame (p. 1)
  • 1 Risk and Blame (p. 3)
  • 2 Risk and Justice (p. 22)
  • 3 Risk and Danger (p. 38)
  • Notes (p. 54)
  • 4 Muffled Ears (p. 55)
  • 5 Witchcraft and Leprosy (p. 83)
  • 6 The Self as Risk-Taker (p. 102)
  • References (p. 121)
  • Part II Wants and Institutions (p. 123)
  • 7 The Normative Debate and the Origins of Culture (p. 125)
  • 8 Wants (p. 149)
  • 9 No Free Gifts (p. 155)
  • 10 Institutions of the Third Kind (p. 167)
  • Notes (p. 186)
  • 11 Autonomy and Opportunism (p. 187)
  • Part III Believing and Thinking (p. 209)
  • 12 Thought Style Exemplified (p. 211)
  • 13 Credibility (p. 235)
  • Notes (p. 253)
  • 14 A Credible Biosphere (p. 255)
  • Notes (p. 270)
  • 15 The Debate on Women Priests (p. 271)
  • 16 The Hotel Kwilu (p. 295)
  • Name Index (p. 314)
  • Subject Index (p. 318)

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