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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. In this essay, I will.
Clifford Geertz’s research interests gradually shifted from the field studies in Indonesia (Bali and Java — resulting in the book that was based on his Ph.D. dissertation, The Religion of Java (1960), as well as numerous essays) and Morocco (Islam in different contexts (cf. Geertz 1989)), different ways of interpreting culture and “the systematic study of meaningful forms” (set of.
The Interpretation of Cultures by Clifford Geertz is a collection of essays that shows the evolving pattern of Geertz's thought rather than a singular work with a unified theoretical stance.
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. This groundbreaking book, winner of the 1974 Sorokin Award of the American Sociological Association, helped define for an entire.
Clifford Geertz; Born: 23 August 1926 San Francisco, California: Died: 30. Kinship in Bali (1975) coauthor: Hildred Geertz, University Of Chicago Press 1978 paperback: ISBN 0-226-28516-2; Negara: The Theatre State in Nineteenth Century Bali (1980), Princeton University Press 2001 paperback: ISBN 0-691-00778-0; Local Knowledge: Further Essays in Interpretive Anthropology (1983), Basic Books.
Clifford Geertz and Bronislaw Malinowski represent two very different views on the role of the anthropologist. The difference lies in their definition of culture, Geertz favoring symbolism and Malinowski favoring functionalism. This leads to different approaches to the study of cultures. Their backgrounds also affected their outlooks on anthropology. Malinowski worked at the turn of the.
Clifford Geertz in Thick Description: Toward an Interpretive Theory of Culture expounds upon the intricacies of ethnography. Geertz contends that it is the duty of the ethnographer to accurately decipher and objectively report cultural representations. In order to portray a highly contextualized, detailed description of foreign practices, Geertz asserts that the ethnographer must account for.