A philosophy of dirt / Olli Lagerspetz.
Lagerspetz, Olli, 1963-, author.; Credo Reference (Firm), distributor.
2018
B105.P8 L34 2023eb
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Title A philosophy of dirt / Olli Lagerspetz.
Author Lagerspetz, Olli, 1963-, author.
Edition [Enhanced Credo edition]
ISBN 9781803163567 (electronic book)
1780239181 print
9781780239187 print
Published London : Reaktion Books, 2018.
Boston, Massachusetts : Credo Reference, 2023.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (17 entries)
Call Number B105.P8 L34 2023eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 363.7201
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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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