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Mary Douglas | |
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Born | Margaret Mary Tew 25 March 1921 |
Died | 16 May 2007 | (aged 86)
Nationality | British |
Alma mater | University of Oxford |
Known for | Purity and Danger, Natural Symbols, Cultural theory of risk |
Awards | FBA, CBE, DBE |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Social anthropology, Comparative religion |
Institutions | University College London, Russell Sage Foundation, Northwestern University, Princeton University |
Doctoral advisor | E. E. Evans-Pritchard |
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Dame Mary Douglas, DBE FBA (25 March 1921 – 16 May 2007) was a British anthropologist, known for her writings on human culture, symbolism and risk, 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.[1]