Risk and Blame von Douglas, Mary

"Wie Institutionen denken" von Mary Douglas ist ein einflussreiches Werk, das sich mit der Rolle von Institutionen in der Gesellschaft auseinandersetzt. Douglas untersucht, wie Institutionen das Denken und Verhalten von Individuen...

Found in the Bible and in writings from as far afield as Egypt, China, Indonesia, Greece, and Russia, ring composition is too widespread to have come from a single source. Does it perhaps derive from the way the brain works? This title...

Reinheit und Gefährdung: Eine Studie zu Vorstellungen von Verunreinigung und Tabu. Übersetzt von Brigitte Luchesi (suhrkamp taschenbuch wissenschaft)

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,...

Do institutions think? If so, how do they do it? Do they have minds of their own? If so, what thoughts occupy these suprapersonal minds? Mary Douglas delves into these questions as she lays the groundwork for a theory of institutions....