A philosophy of dirt / Olli Lagerspetz.
By: Lagerspetz, Olli [author.].
Contributor(s): Credo Reference (Firm) [distributor.].
Publisher: Boston, Massachusetts : Credo Reference, 2023Edition: [Enhanced Credo edition].Description: 1 online resource (17 entries) ; digital files.Content type: text Media type: electronic Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781803163567.Subject(s): Purity (Philosophy) | Orderliness | Sanitation -- Philosophy | Hygiene -- PhilosophyGenre/Form: Electronic books.Online resources: View this item online Also available in print version.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode | |
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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.
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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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