RIP Mary Douglas, one of the greatest minds in anthropology


	RIP Mary Douglas, one of the greatest minds in anthropology

enbar

5-26-2007 10:16 AM

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enbar says:

Mary Douglas, one of the most brilliant thinkers of the 20th century in my opinion, died last week. tpq62 clipped the obit (http://rurl.org/3f3). This page has links to some of her words, interviews, and scholarly assessments.

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5-28-2007 7:36 PM

farmertan

You're sweet to add this. Your opinion is valued. K.

9-26-2007 11:07 AM

abailart

Thanks. Been a while since I read her, and will return soon.

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<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"><A href="http://education.guardian.co.uk/obituary/story/0,,2082786,00.html">Dame 
Mary Douglas: Brilliant and prolific anthropologist 
famed for her social theories about cosmology, consumption and risk</A>
- by Richard Fardon. <I><A href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/">
The Guardian</A></I>, Friday May 18, 2007.</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> <A href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article1805952.ece">
Professor Dame Mary Douglas</A>, <I>The Times</I>, Friday May 18, 2007.</LI>
<li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;"> <A href="http://www.nyu.edu/projects/materialworld/2007/05/mary_douglas_1921_2007.html">
Mary Douglas (1921 - 2007)</A> -  by  Haidy Geismar on the blog  <I><A href="http://www.nyu.edu/projects/materialworld/">
Material World</A></I>
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<BR /> - a brief biography and bibliography of her work, from 
<A href="http://www.semioticon.com/">http://www.semioticon.com/</A> 
(October 29, 2006).
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<A href="http://www.alanmacfarlane.com/ancestors/douglas.htm"> 2 minute excerpt 
from Mary Douglas Interviews by Alan MacFarlane -  February 26, 2006 </A>
<A href="http://www.alanmacfarlane.com/DO/filmshow/douglas1_fast.htm"> Full 
Interview (1 hour, 25 minutes</A>. 
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<A href="http://www.channel4.com/culture/microsites/A/anatomy_disgust/douglas.html">
Anatomy of Disgust</A> - From <A href="http://www.channel4.com/culture/microsites/A/anatomy_disgust/intro.html">
a Channel 4 documentary about disgust</A>, decsribes
some of her arguments about why we find anomalous things disgusting.
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Leadership Digest, April 2003
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