Essays in the sociology of perception / Mary Douglas.
First published in 1982, this is one of Mary Douglas' favourite books. It is based on her meetings with friends in which they attempt to apply the grip/group analysis from Natural Symbols. The essays have been important texts for preparing grid/group exercises ever since. She is still trying to...
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| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2003.
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| Series: | Douglas, Mary, 1921-2007. Works. 2003 ;
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; CONTRIBUTORS; INTRODUCTION TO GRID/GROUP ANALYSIS: Mary Douglas; Part One PERSPECTIVES ON METHOD; INTRODUCTION: Mary Douglas; 1 ONE- AND TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELS OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF BELIEFS: David Ostrander; 2 A THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL: Michael Thompson; 3 GIVING THE GRID/GROUP DIMENSIONS AN OPERATIONAL DEFINITION: James Hampton; 4 TWENTY INDUSTRIAL SCIENTISTS: A PRELIMINARY EXERCISE: Celia Bloor and David Bloor; 5 A NOTE ON STYLES IN ACCOUNTING: George Gaskell and James Hampton; Part Two COMPARATIVE STUDIES IN HISTORY AND THE HISTORY OF IDEAS.
- INTRODUCTION: Mary Douglas6 'LES GENS DE LETTRES': AN INTERPRETATION: George A. Kelly; 7 THE POLITICAL CULTURE OF WARRING STATES CHINA: Katrina C.D. McLeod; 8 REFLEXIVITY IN FESTIVAL AND OTHER CULTURAL EVENTS: Don Handelman; 9 POLYHEDRA AND THE ABOMINATIONS OF LEVITICUS: COGNITIVE STYLES IN MATHEMATICS: David Bloor; 10 COGNITIVE STYLES IN GEOLOGY: Martin Rudwick; Part Three CLOSE FOCUS ON SELECTED COSMOLOGIES; INTRODUCTION: Mary Douglas; 11 THE PERCEPTION OF TIME AND SPACE IN EGALITARIAN SECTS: A MILLENARIAN COSMOLOGY: Steve Rayner.
- 12 SPECTRAL EVIDENCE: THE WITCHCRAFT COSMOLOGY OF SALEM VILLAGE IN 1692: Dennis E. Owen13 THE PROBLEM OF THE CENTRE: AN AUTONOMOUS COSMOLOGY: Michael Thompson; INDEX.