Mary Douglas’s scientific contributions

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Publications (1)


Purity and Danger: An Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and Taboo
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January 1984

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Mary Douglas

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... The figure of the monster is the epitome of transgression, e.g., zombies are neither and both living and/nor dead. Transgressive people, ideas or things are contaminated and contaminating: if you are bitten by a zombie, you become a zombie (Douglas, 1966). Purdue was both contaminated and contaminating, corrupting individuals and systems, including government and research, as well as medical, pharmaceutical, regulatory, and legal systems. ...

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The horror of corporate harms: purdue pharma and the opioid epidemic
Purity and Danger: An Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and Taboo
  • Citing Book
  • January 1984