Richard Fardon FBA's guest appearances

Richard Fardon FBA

Great Thinkers

Michael Howard

Rana Mitter

David Butler

Uta Frith

Vernon Bogdanor

John Curtice

John Kay

Elizabeth Anscombe

Mary Douglas

Beatrice Webb

Jane Heal

John Golding

Jose Harris

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'Purity and Danger', a book exploring the concepts of pollution and taboo in societies around the world, made its author Mary Douglas one of Britain’s most celebrated anthropologists. In this episode, Fellows of the British Academy Richard Fardon and Henrietta Moore discuss the book’s lasting impact and Douglas’s equally fascinating later work.

Great Thinkers: Richard Fardon FBA on Mary Douglas FBA