Quote of the day
Policemen so cherish their status as keepers of the peace and protectors of the public that they have occasionally been known to beat to death those citizens or groups who question that status.
Mary Douglas
Born: March 25, 1921
Died: May 16, 2007 (aged 86)
Bio: Dame Mary Douglas was a British anthropologist, known for her writings on human culture and symbolism, whose area of speciality was social anthropology.
Known for:
- Purity and Danger (1966)
- Natural Symbols (1970)
- How Institutions Think (1986)
- Risk and Blame (1992)