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The Interpretation of Cultures
In The Interpretation of Cultures, the most original anthropologist of his generation moved far beyond the traditional confines of his discipline to develop an important new …
Math, Symbol, and Culture
Local Knowledge
This sequel to "The Interpretation of Cultures" is a collection of essays which reject large abstractions, going beyond the mere translation of one culture into another, and looks …
Agricultural Involution
Agricultural Involution: The Processes of Ecological Change in Indonesiais one of the most famous of the early works ofClifford Geertz. It principal thesis is that many centuries …
Schooling the Symbolic Animal
This anthology introduces some of the most influential literature shaping our understanding of the social and cultural foundations of education today. Together the selections …
Interpretation of Cultures
This is a collection of essays which attempt to push forward a particular view of what culture is, what role it plays in social life and how it ought to be properly studied. What …
Dichte Beschreibung
Local Knowledge
In essays covering everything from art and common sense to charisma and constructions of the self, the eminent cultural anthropologist and author of The Interpretation of Cultures …
Kinship in Bali
This work constitutes the first book-length examination of Balinese kinship in English and an important theoretical analysis of the central ethnographic concept of "kinship …
Available Light
Clifford Geertz, one of the most influential thinkers of our time, here discusses some of the most urgent issues facing intellectuals today. In this collection of personal and …
Suq – Geertz on the Market
A formative ethnography of the relationship between markets and social life, back in print. Originally published in 1979, Clifford Geertz’s essay on the Moroccan bazaar is a …