The Self as Risk Taker
A Cultural Theory of Contagion in Relation to Aids
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3370103 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mary Douglas (22 Hillway, London N66QA), Marcel Calvez (22 Hillway, London N66QA) |
| Year | 1990 |
| Volume | 38 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 445-464 |
| Publication date | 1990-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Sociological Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0261 • E-ISSN: 1467-954X |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-954x.1990.tb00919.x |
| OpenAlex | W2138663559 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 77 |
| References cited | 4 |
Some people are prepared to take high risks with their lives and those of others. Should this be surprising? Is it more normal to be risk-taking? or risk averse? The argument below will be that the risk taking facet and the risk-averse facet of the personality each emerges in the course of a public debate on freedom and control. It is not psychology but anthropology that shows how the community forces sharp and clear ideas about the self upon its members
Argument (complex analysis) · Big Five personality traits · Economics · Epistemology · Facet (psychology) · Personality · Positive economics · Relation (database) · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Computer Science · Medicine · Philosophy · Psychology · Risk Perception and Management · Social Psychology · Social Representations and Identity
Revisiting Cultural Theory in the Era of Biomedical HIV Prevention
Contextos socioculturales de riesgo para contraer VIH en Cartagena
Culture shock
Migrants and Aids
Love, lifestyles and the risk of Aids
Nebulous margins
Drugs, sex and Aids
Cultural factors in young heterosexual men's perception of HIV risk
Feminist criticism of the concept of resilience
Can Policy Be Risk-Based? The Cultural Theory of Risk and the Case of Livestock Disease Containment
Cultural Theory and Contemporary Management Organization
Risk as Moral Danger
Cultural Theory's Contributions to Risk Analysis
‘I don’t know if I’m making the right decision’
Cultural worldviews and perceived risk of colon cancer and diabetes
Embodying risk, embodying political rationality
A cultural theory of support for populism
The co-construction and emotion management of hope within psychosis services
Migrants and Aids
Chikungunya on Réunion Island
Cultural attributes and risk perception
Visualising the impacts of Covid-19 on health service delivery during the height of the pandemic in Papua New Guinea; a photovoice study
Social context, sexual practices, and risks for HIV transmission among men who have sex with men
Risk and HIV
Aids, Health Policy, and Ethics
Étude du sens des conduites à risque actuelles
Shoestrings and Bricolage
Accounting for HIV Risk Among Men on Methadone
Cystic fibrosis adults' perception and management of the risk of infection with Burkholderia cepacia complex
Covid-19, pandemic risk and inequality
Embracing uncertainty post-Covid-19 crisis
Theorising equipment-sharing in a cohort of Scottish drug users
Bibliographie
Risiko
Searching for Meaning in Everyday Life
Face aux risques médicamenteux
Introduction of culturally sensitive HIV prevention in the context of female initiation rites
Stigma, the Media, and Pre-exposure Prophylaxis for HIV Prevention
Patterns of Online and Offline Connectedness Among Gay, Bisexual, and Other Men Who Have Sex with Men
Social enquiry and HIV/Aids
‘The High Five Club’
Experimentals, bottoms, risk-reducers and clubbers
The politics of testing positive
HIV risk and sense of community
Les risques pour la santé
A review of research on the nature and quality of HIV testing services
Measuring cultural identities in cultural theory survey research
Explaining perceptions of a technological environmental hazard using comparative analysis
Réduction des méfaits et gestion des risques
General population and HIV prevention
Surveillance, knowledge and risk
Drug users' sexual relationships and the social organisation of risk
Finding the moral space
Perception of HIV Risk and Preventive Strategies
HIV-positive people, risk and sexual behaviour
Vulnerability, unsafe sex and non-adherence to Haart
Exploring the feasibility of theory synthesis
O discurso da prevenção da Aids frente às lógicas sexuais de casais sorodiscordantes
Biotechnology, Political Rationality and Discourses on Health Risk
Screening and the Construction of Scepticism
Recalcitrant Bodies'? Children, Cancer and the Transgression of Corporeal Boundaries
Imagined Comrades and Imaginary Protections
Sex and Sexual Orientation
Locating and applying sociological theories of risk-taking to develop public health interventions for adolescents
Cancer and Imputed Infection
HIV-Related Risk Practices among Glasgow Male Prostitutes
Le chikungunya à la Réunion
From Smart Bombs to Smart Bugs
Signifying the Pandemics
War bodies, hedonist bodies
Process evaluation
Why are Australian GPs using alternative medicine
HIV Prevention Rationalities and Serostatus in the Risk Narratives of Gay Men
Pollution' and 'Blaming
The 'loss of community' and other problems for sexual citizenship in recent HIV prevention
Panic bodies
"I Heard of PrEP-I Didn't Think I Needed it." Understanding the Formation of HIV Risk Perception Among People Who Inject Drugs
| Unique citing works | 77 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,38 |
| Citation span | 1970 - 2026 (57) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 66 |