41 Quotes by Mary Douglas

It is the existence of an angry person in an interstitial position which is dangerous, and this has nothing to do with the particular intentions of the person.

I am convinced that living in an enclave shapes the personality, and living alone shapes the personality too.

The history of the Church of Rome is a constant leakage of members into such breakaway cults, which go on splitting.

Islam is in principle egalitarian, and has always had problems with power.

Inequality can have a bad downside, but equality, for its part, sure does get in the way of coordination.

Enclave life becomes very tense, Even when they do elect a leader, the factions remain, with the threat of splitting off.

If you want to change the culture, you will have to start by changing the organization.

Hierarchy is is much reviled in the present day.

Real equality is immensely difficult to achieve, it needs continual revision and monitoring of distributions. And it does not provide buffers between members, so they are continually colliding or frustrating each other.