TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lagerspetz,Olli
ED  - Credo Reference (Firm),
TI  - A philosophy of dirt
SN  - 9781803163567
AV  - B105.P8 L34 2023eb
U1  - 363.7201 23
PY  - 2018///
CY  - London
PB  - Reaktion Books
KW  - Purity (Philosophy)
KW  - Orderliness
KW  - Sanitation
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Hygiene
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; 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.; Access restricted to authorized users and institutions; Also available in print version
N2  - In this learned, witty and groundbreaking study, Olli Lagerspetz offers a persuasive discussion of dirt and its ramifications in philosophy and culture
UR  - https://search.credoreference.com/content/title/reakpd?institutionId=135
ER  -