Problematisation of Order and Pollution according to Mary Douglas’ Work “Purity and Danger”

Mary Douglas work “Purity and Danger” (1966) lies within the context of the Durkheimean ideas of British anthropology. Considering correlations between categories of order and disorder, existence and non-existence, shape and shapelessness, life and death in the symbolic structures of the primitive s...

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Main Author: Larisa Akkuratova
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: St. Philaret’s Christian Orthodox Institute 2014-02-01
Series:Вестник Свято-Филаретовского института
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description Mary Douglas work “Purity and Danger” (1966) lies within the context of the Durkheimean ideas of British anthropology. Considering correlations between categories of order and disorder, existence and non-existence, shape and shapelessness, life and death in the symbolic structures of the primitive societies through categories of dirty, danger, and through understanding of the rules of purity the author comes to the conclusion about superficiality and inconsistency of the categorical contraposition of belief systems of primitive and modern societies. Inconsistency of such contraposition of these two systems is rooted in underestimation of metaphysical depth of the primitive beliefs. The difference between primitive and modern societies lies not in mental, but rather in social field.
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spelling doaj.art-47138cbd1d604a598a04a53703d26c0d2022-12-21T21:26:44ZengSt. Philaret’s Christian Orthodox InstituteВестник Свято-Филаретовского института2658-75992713-31412014-02-0193243Problematisation of Order and Pollution according to Mary Douglas’ Work “Purity and Danger”Larisa AkkuratovaMary Douglas work “Purity and Danger” (1966) lies within the context of the Durkheimean ideas of British anthropology. Considering correlations between categories of order and disorder, existence and non-existence, shape and shapelessness, life and death in the symbolic structures of the primitive societies through categories of dirty, danger, and through understanding of the rules of purity the author comes to the conclusion about superficiality and inconsistency of the categorical contraposition of belief systems of primitive and modern societies. Inconsistency of such contraposition of these two systems is rooted in underestimation of metaphysical depth of the primitive beliefs. The difference between primitive and modern societies lies not in mental, but rather in social field.https://psmb-neos-resources.hb.bizmrg.com/target/sfi/dfe962d2cdadd6cd2c7e7775f5d4ab56fbafe7cd/Akkuratova_Vyp_09.pdfritualimpuritypollutionleviticussanctityритуалнечистотаосквернениелевитсвятость
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Problematisation of Order and Pollution according to Mary Douglas’ Work “Purity and Danger”
Вестник Свято-Филаретовского института
ritual
impurity
pollution
leviticus
sanctity
ритуал
нечистота
осквернение
левит
святость
title Problematisation of Order and Pollution according to Mary Douglas’ Work “Purity and Danger”
title_full Problematisation of Order and Pollution according to Mary Douglas’ Work “Purity and Danger”
title_fullStr Problematisation of Order and Pollution according to Mary Douglas’ Work “Purity and Danger”
title_full_unstemmed Problematisation of Order and Pollution according to Mary Douglas’ Work “Purity and Danger”
title_short Problematisation of Order and Pollution according to Mary Douglas’ Work “Purity and Danger”
title_sort problematisation of order and pollution according to mary douglas work purity and danger
topic ritual
impurity
pollution
leviticus
sanctity
ритуал
нечистота
осквернение
левит
святость
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