| Purity and Danger | |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | Mary Douglas |
| Original title | Purity and Danger: An Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and Taboo |
| Subject(s) | Cultural anthropology |
| Publisher | Routledge and Keegan Paul |
| Publication date | 1966 |
| ISBN | 0710012993 |
| Preceded by | The Lele of the Kasai |
| Followed by | Natural Symbols |
Purity and Danger: An Analysis of Concepts of Pollution and Taboo (first published 1966) is the best known book by the influential anthropologist and cultural theorist Mary Douglas. In 1991 the Times Literary Supplement listed it as one of the hundred most influential non-fiction books published since 1945. It has gone through numerous reprints and re-editions (1969, 1970, 1978, 1984, 1991, 2002). In 2003 a further edition was brought out as volume 2 in Mary Douglas: Collected Works (isbn 0415291054).