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Risk and blame

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~5h 36min
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English
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Risk
Culture
Sociological Aspects
Risk Assessment
Published 1992 Routledge 3 views
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0415062802, 0415119995, 9780415119993
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Paperback
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Mary Douglas

Dame Mary Douglas, (25 March 1921 – 16 May 2007) was a British anthropologist, known for her writings on human culture, symbolism and risk, whose area of speciality was social anthropology. Douglas was considered a follower of Émile Durkheim and a proponent of structuralist analysis, with a strong interest in comparative religion.

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An American taxi driver in the Mid-West once asked what I did...

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The idea of risk has risen to prominence in political debate and in matters of public policy. This collection follows on from the programme for studying risk and blame that was implied in "Purity and Danger" and developed in subsequent publications.

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