Rules and meanings : the anthropology of everyday knowledge / Mary Douglas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Douglas, Mary, 1921-2007, author.

Series:

Douglas, Mary, 1921-2007. Selections. 2003 ; Works. v. 4.

Mary Douglas : collected works ; v. 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Douglas, Mary, 1921-2007. Works--Selections--2003.

Knowledge, Sociology of.

Ethnology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2003, c1973 (2007 printing)

London ; New York : Routledge, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

First published in 1973, Rules and Meanings is an anthology of works that form part of Mary Douglas' struggle to devise an anthropological modernism conducive to her opposition to reputedly modernizing trends in contemporary society. The collection contains works by Wittgenstein, Schutz, Husserl, Hertz and other continentals. The underlying themes of the anthology are the construction of meaning, the force of hidden background assumptions, tacit conventions and the power of spatial organization to reinforce words. The work serves to complement the philosophers' work on everyday langua

Contents:

pt. 1. Tacit conventions

pt. 2. The logical basis of constructed reality

pt. 3. Orientations in time and space

pt. 4. Physical nature assigned to classes and held to them by rules

pt. 5. The limits of knowledge

pt. 6. Interpenetration of meanings

pt. 7. Provinces of meaning

pt. 8. Formal correspondences.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-136-48983-5

1-299-69785-2

1-136-48976-2

1-315-01583-8

OCLC:

852757796