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 deepens our understanding of human societies through the intimacies of "local knowledge." A companion volume to The Interpretation of Cultures, this book continues Geertz’s exploration of the meaning of culture and the importance of shared cultural symbolism. With a new introduction by the author.
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Clifford Geertz, the author of many books, is Harold F. Linder Professor of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey.
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Cultural scholarship has grown to depend upon people like Clifford Geertz for the conceptual tools required for such studies. Representations, events, societies, individuals, institutions, economies, material practices, et al, interact with such a degree of complexity that conceptual tools and methods, such as those discussed in these essays, allow anyone interested in exploring the meaning of culture the opportunity to ride the avalanche of symbols which both clarify and confuse that meaning.
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This is composisted of short essays after he published the excellent masterpiece, "The interpritation of culture". It is not easy reading because of his writing style. However, it makes more sense to understand what is Anthropology and how undrstand culture.
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A number of things, I think, are true. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
legal sensibility, drama analogy, adat law, abnormal discourse, legal pluralism Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Southeast Asia, The Hague, Classical Law of India, New Haven, Third World, English Civic Pageantry, Mulay Hasan, Judicial Institutions, Middle Eastern, Nelson Goodman, Function of Documents, Indigenous Social Theory, Islam Observed, New Guinea, Social Continuity, American Anthropologist, Comparative Perspective, Comparative Studies, Hindu Conceptions of Law, Javanese Law, The Interpretation of Cultures, United States, Victor Turner, Conflict of Laws New!
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A number of things, I think, are true. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
legal sensibility, drama analogy, adat law, abnormal discourse, legal pluralism Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Southeast Asia, The Hague, Classical Law of India, New Haven, Third World, English Civic Pageantry, Mulay Hasan, Judicial Institutions, Middle Eastern, Nelson Goodman, Function of Documents, Indigenous Social Theory, Islam Observed, New Guinea, Social Continuity, American Anthropologist, Comparative Perspective, Comparative Studies, Hindu Conceptions of Law, Javanese Law, The Interpretation of Cultures, United States, Victor Turner, Conflict of Laws New!
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- The Classical Law of India. by Robert Lingat on 5 pages
- Morocco That Was by Walter Harris on 4 pages
- The Interpretation Of Cultures (Basic Books Classics) by Clifford Geertz on page 132, page 170, and page 182
- The Point of View by Henry, Jr. James in Front Matter, and page 55
- Artists on Art: from the XIV to the XX Century by Robert Goldwater on page 94, and page 96
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- The Argumentative Turn in Policy Analysis and Planning by Frank Fischer on page 165, page 251, and page 252
- Players All: Performances in Contemporary Sport (Drama and Performance Studies) by Robert E. Rinehart in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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