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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.

Mentioned by

Kenneth MacKendrick

Stephanie Alice Baker

Mentioned in 5 episodes

Mentioned by

Jon Collins

as a book that helped him understand purity and impurity laws in Leviticus.

Purity and Impurity in Leviticus – Leviticus E5

Mentioned by

Kenneth MacKendrick

as a book by Mary Douglas that was a bit of a revelation.

Critical Ponerology (WHAT IS “EVIL”?) with Kenneth MacKendrick

Mentioned by

Adam Russell

as a source for the concept of "dirt" in relation to AI and cultural categories.

AI apocalypticism vs. AI optimism (with Adam Russell)

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

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

Keir Milburn

, referencing her phrase that dirt is just matter out of place.

ACFM Trip 52: Cleaning

Mentioned by

Jeremy Gilbert

when defining dirt as matter out of place, referencing her influential study.

ACFM Trip 52: Cleaning

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