Purity and Danger

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内容简介:

Is cleanliness next to godliness? What does such a concept really mean? Why does it recur as a universal theme across all societies? And what are the implications for the unclean?

In Purity and Danger Mary Douglas identifies the concern for purity as a key theme at the heart of every society. In lively and lucid prose she explains its relevance for every reader by revealing its wide-ranging impact on our attitudes to society, values, cosmology and knowledge. This book has been hugely influential in many areas of debate – from religion to social theory. With a specially commissioned preface by the author which assesses the continuing significance of the work, this Routledge Classics edition will ensure that Purity and Danger continues to challenge, question and inspire for many years to come.

作者简介:

Mary Douglas is a central figure within British social anthropology. Studying under Evans-Pritchard at Oxford immediately after the war, she formed part of the group of anthropologists who established social anthropology’s standing in the world of scholarship. Her works, spanning the second half of the twentieth century, have been widely read and her theories applied across the social sciences and humanities.

原文摘录:

如果把关于污秽的观念中的病源学和卫生学因素去掉,我们就会得到对于污秽的古老定义,即污秽就是位置不当的东西(matter out of place)。

这是一个十分具有启发性的研究进路,它暗示了两个情境:一系列有秩序的关系以及对此秩序的违背。这样一来,污秽就绝不是一个单独的孤立事件。有污秽的地方就必然存在一个系统。

污秽是事物系统排序和分类的副产品,因为排序的过程就是抛弃不当要素的过程。

污秽就是分类的剩余和残留。它们被排除在我们正常的分类体系之外。 (查看原文)

山音
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2014-04-09 20:30:20

—— 引自第45页

“耶和华对摩西、亚伦说:‘你们晓喻以色列人:在地上一切走兽中可吃的,乃是以下这些,凡蹄分两瓣反刍的走兽你们都可以吃;但是骆驼不可以吃,因为它反刍但不分蹄……猪因为蹄分两瓣却不反刍,也不可以吃。这些走兽的肉,你们不可以吃,死了你们不可以摸,它们都不干净。水中的可吃的,乃是这些:凡在水里、海里、河里,有鳍有鳞的都可以吃……无鳍无鳞的都不干净……凡有翅膀并用四足爬行的动物,你们也都不要碰。’” (查看原文)

朝潮夕汐
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2018-01-30 15:42:02

—— 引自第53页