Mary Douglas
Mary Douglas
Dame Mary Douglas, DBE, FBAwas a British anthropologist, known for her writings on human culture and symbolism, whose area of speciality was social anthropology. Douglas was considered a follower of Émile Durkheim and a proponent of structuralist analysis, with a strong interest in comparative religion...
Mary Douglas quotes about
systematic matter dirt
Where there is dirt there is system. Dirt is the byproduct of a systematic ordering and classification of matter.
hierarchy present-day
Hierarchy is is much reviled in the present day.
hierarchy environment wells
Hierarchy works well in a stable environment.
unlikely organized organized-religion
It's unlikely that the organized religions will get more sectarian... or is it? I am not at all sure.