The Interpretation of Cultures: Selected Essays: Geertz.
The Interpretation of Cultures is Clifford Geertz's attempt to lay out the epistemological goal of the field of cultural anthropology; that is, what cultural anthropology should seek to know and do.Geertz first defines culture itself as a fully semiotic term, meaning that culture's meaning is unique and ever-changing for every person who conceives of it.
The Interpretation of Cultures is an academic classic. The late Clifford Geertz was lauded for his 1973 anthropological volume, and I do not find this to be hype. The book is structured around anthropological description, with Geertz relying on field data he gathered mostly in the 1950s and 1960s. Yet, it is certain that, if The Interpretation of Cultures were mere anthropological description.
One of the twentieth century's most influential books, this classic work of anthropology offers a groundbreaking exploration of what culture isWith The Interpretation of Cultures, the distinguished anthropologist Clifford Geertz developed the concept of thick description, and in so doing, he virtually rewrote the rules of his field. Culture, Geertz argues, does not drive human behavior. Rather.
The proposed interpretation of selected parts of the novel leads to a conclusion that in postmodern conditions the phenomenon of small feast might take over the role of a medium of cultural.
The Interpretation of Cultures: Selected Essays Clifford Geertz 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 concept of culture.
Clifford Geertz’s book, Local Knowledge: Further Essays in Interpretive Anthropology,1 picks up where his pathbreaking The Interpretation of Cultures2 left off. “Having called various sorts of spirits from the vasty deep,” writes Geertz, “I thought it necessary to show that at least some of them had come” (Geertz 2000: ix). Those spirits comprised, of course, less a set of specific.
In The Interpretation of Cultures, Clifford Geertz neatly collects many of the essays written throughout his academic career. From field research in Indonesia and Morocco to highly theoretical pieces, Geertz contributed a massive amount of work to the study of anthropology, including a new definition of religion, which has been subjected to much admiration and scrutiny.