Quote of the day
Like stones rolling down hills, fair ideas reach their objectives despite all obstacles and barriers. It may be possible to speed or hinder them, but impossible to stop them.
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)