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Risk and Blame : Essays in Cultural Theory by Professor Mary Douglas (1994, Uk-B Format Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherTaylor & Francis Group

ISBN-100415119995

ISBN-139780415119993

eBay Product ID (ePID)704467

Product Key Features

Number of Pages336 Pages

Publication NameRisk and Blame : Essays in Cultural Theory

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1994

SubjectAnthropology / Cultural & Social, Anthropology / General

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaSocial Science

AuthorProfessor Mary Douglas

FormatUk-B Format Paperback

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Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight12 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.5 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience

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Table Of ContentIntroduction, Part I Risk and blame, Part II Wants and institutions, Part III Believing and thinking, Name index, Subject index

SynopsisRisk 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., 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., 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.