Quotes by Mary Douglas

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Anthropologist · British · 1921–2007

British anthropologist (1921–2007)

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

“It seems true that the growth of science and secularism made organized Christianity feel under threat.”

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

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

“If people want to compete for leadership of a religious group, they can compete in piety. A chilling thought. Or funny.”

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Growth True Feel Inequality Way Bad Real Achieve Difficult Strong Rules Wealth Funny Thought People Love Music Religion Culture Organization Start I Am Personality Living

“It seems true that the growth of science and secularism made organized Christianity feel under threat.”
— Mary Douglas
Growth True Feel

“Inequality can have a bad downside, but equality, for its part, sure does get in the way of coordination.”
— Mary Douglas
Inequality Way Bad

“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 f...”
— Mary Douglas
Real Achieve Difficult

“Mormons... are so strong, they can handle wealth, they are confident. I think it is because they are not bogged down by rules for equality, but have a firmly defined system of relative status and r...”
— Mary Douglas
Strong Rules Wealth

“If people want to compete for leadership of a religious group, they can compete in piety. A chilling thought. Or funny.”
— Mary Douglas
Funny Thought People

“Religion can make it worse. Are you supposing that if people were encouraged to believe in a transcendent reality, and to be encouraged by grand rituals and music and preaching, to love their neigh...”
— Mary Douglas
Love Music Religion

“If you want to change the culture, you will have to start by changing the organization.”
— Mary Douglas
Culture Organization Start

“I am convinced that living in an enclave shapes the personality, and living alone shapes the personality too.”
— Mary Douglas
I Am Personality Living