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Mentioned in 3 episodes
Purity and Danger
Book • 1966
In 'Purity and Danger', Mary Douglas examines how societies categorize and manage concepts of purity and pollution, arguing that these classifications serve to maintain social order and symbolic boundaries.
The book is a seminal work in symbolic anthropology, offering insights into how different cultures perceive and manage 'dirt' as a matter out of place.
The book is a seminal work in symbolic anthropology, offering insights into how different cultures perceive and manage 'dirt' as a matter out of place.
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Mentioned in 3 episodes
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Jon Collins as a book that helped him understand purity and impurity laws in Leviticus.
Jon Collins as a book that helped him understand purity and impurity laws in Leviticus.
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Purity and Impurity in Leviticus – Leviticus E5
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Adam Russell as a source for the concept of "dirt" in relation to AI and cultural categories.
Adam Russell as a source for the concept of "dirt" in relation to AI and cultural categories.
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AI apocalypticism vs. AI optimism (with Adam Russell)
Mentioned by Sarah as a book she read during her second year of university that helped her deconstruct her beliefs.
How a conspiracy theory becomes 'real'
Mentioned by Stephanie Alice Baker , referencing Mary Douglas's explanation of how conservatives protect abstract constitutions.
How the Far-Right hijacked the Wellness Movement w/ Dr. Stephanie Alice Baker
