FOOD-UE 1051 Lecture Notes - Mary Douglas, Materialism, Cud
22 Apr 2013
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If materialists predict the future: most people predicting the future are based from the past. Faith: believing in something / doesn"t have to be tangible: mentalist. Religion is more mentalist because it is about faith. Swim: animals that behave differently: in the water: that don"t swim(ex: lobsters), Fly: in the air: act like animals that walk(ex: birds of prey, hawk), Walk: supposed to walk on four legs (ex that don"t: ostrich) _seeing something you don"t understand / for the first time (different) Fear, anxiety, the unknown = something that is impure (according to douglas) Argument: early hebrew ate certain things because they were safe. Douglas trying to find a universal truth: culture is defined by embracing things we feel safe about. We do things that were done before us (practices) Question: if these were the reasons why they don"t eat pig, then why are there religious reasons. A vague identifier because of varying identities and indefinable/changing cultures.
