Méthodes taxinomiques comparées : Dan Sperber et Mary Douglas à propos des animaux hors catégorie

Abstract

This article proposes a reflection on a classic topic in cultural anthropology: the cultural taxonomy of animals and the anomalies existent in every such taxonomic system. In the first part, I compare the theories of Mary Douglas and Dan Sperber while in the second part, I show, using an example, how those two approaches can work together.

Keywords

• Leviticus
• cultural taxonomy
• perfect animal
• taxonomic anomaly
• Sperber Dan (1942-)
• Douglas Mary (1921-2007)