{"product_id":"cultures-and-crises-mary-douglas-9781446254677","title":"Cultures and Crises: Understanding Risk and Resolution","description":"Written in the last two decades of her life, \u003ci\u003eCultures and Crises\u003c\/i\u003e finds Mary Douglas developing analyses of critical conditions facing contemporary societies, sometimes in the company of distinguished co-authors across the whole gamut of social sciences. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe essays focus on the collaborative development of ′cultural theory′ from the ′grid and group′ analysis of the 1970s through to its application and elaboration in her later thought. The material covers questions of culture and institutions, the challenges to culture posed by climate change and the nature of risk in culture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat emerges is the most complete picture of Mary Douglas′s cultural theory that is currently available to us.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe book will add to the legions of Douglas′s readers across the disciplinary divisions of the social sciences. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMary Douglas\u003c\/b\u003e was one of the most widely read social anthropologists of the 20th Century. She is celebrated both as a literary stylist and an anthropological thinker who challenged common presuppositions and understandings of religion, economy and society. As a cornerstone of modernism in social anthropology, and a precursor of 21st Century interdisciplinarity, her work remains highly influential both within and outside the social sciences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Fardon\u003c\/b\u003e is Mary Douglas′s Literary Executor and Head of the Doctoral School and Professor of West African Anthropology at SOAS, University of London, UK.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mary Douglas, Richard Fardon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1446254674\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781446254677\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Sage Publications Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/25\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 0.70d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mary Douglas","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46420271661311,"sku":"9781446254677","price":75.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4c889b8c-0fdc-435b-8d2a-f411e92b8456.jpg?v=1734634142","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cultures-and-crises-mary-douglas-9781446254677","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}