Lagerspetz, Olli,  1963-, <br/><br/>
A philosophy of dirt / 
Olli Lagerspetz. 
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 - 1 online resource (17 entries) ;  digital files. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/>Part I. The philosophical landscape of 'clean' and 'dirty'. 1. Dirt in philosophy and culture ;  2. A brief history of dirt in philosophy ; 3. Dirty and clean: main distinctions ; 4. Reductionism and the role of science -- Part II. 'Dirty' and 'forbidden': anthropological reductionism and its limits. 5. Ritual, disorder and pollution ; 6. Repressing the 'other': the myth of abjection ; 7. The civilizing process ; 8. Ambiguities of self-discipline and the campaign for civilization -- Part III. Settling accounts with matter. 9. Between facts and practices ; 10. To dress and to keep ; 11. What is mine and what is someone else's.  
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<br/><br/> In this learned, witty and groundbreaking study, Olli Lagerspetz offers a persuasive discussion of dirt and its ramifications in philosophy and culture. 
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<br/><br/><br/>Mode of access: World Wide Web. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781803163567 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Purity (Philosophy)<br/>Orderliness.<br/>Sanitation--Philosophy.<br/>Hygiene--Philosophy.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>B105.P8  / L34 2023eb 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>363.7201