Risk and Blame : Essays in Cultural Theory.

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Risk and danger are culturally conditioned ideas. They are shaped by pressures of social life and accepted notions of accountability. The risk analyses that are increasingly being utilised by politicians, aid programmes and business ignore the insights to be gained from social anthropology which can...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Douglas, Mary
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London : Routledge, 1994.
Temas:
Risk > Sociological aspects.
Risk perception.
Risk assessment.
Culture.
Risk Assessment
Risque > Aspect sociologique.
Perception du risque.
Évaluation du risque.
risk assessment.
Culture
Risk assessment
Risk perception
Risk > Sociological aspects
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Book Cover; Title; Contents; Introduction; RISK AND BLAME; RISK AND JUSTICE; RISK AND DANGER; MUFFLED EARS; WITCHCRAFT AND LEPROSY: TWO STRATEGIES FOR REJECTION; THE SELF AS RISK-TAKER: A CULTURAL THEORY OF CONTAGION IN RELATION TO AIDS; THE NORMATIVE DEBATE AND THE ORIGINS OF CULTURE; WANTS; NO FREE GIFTS: INTRODUCTION TO MAUSS'S ESSAY ON THE GIFT; INSTITUTIONS OF THE THIRD KIND: BRITISH AND SWEDISH LABOUR MARKETS COMPARED; AUTONOMY AND OPPORTUNISM; THOUGHT STYLE EXEMPLIFIED: THE IDEA OF THE SELF; CREDIBILITY; A CREDIBLE BIOSPHERE; THE DEBATE ON WOMEN PRIESTS.
  • THE HOTEL KWILU: A MODEL OF MODELSName index; Subject index.

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