The Interpretation Of Cultures - Softcover

Geertz, Clifford

 
9780465097197: The Interpretation Of Cultures
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0465097197 ISBN 13: 9780465097197
Verlag: Basic Books, 1977

Inhaltsangabe

One of the twentieth century's most influential books, this classic work of anthropology offers a groundbreaking exploration of what culture is

With 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, it is a web of symbols that can help us better understand what that behavior means. A thick description explains not only the behavior, but the context in which it occurs, and to describe something thickly, Geertz argues, is the fundamental role of the anthropologist.

Named one of the 100 most important books published since World War II by the Times Literary Supplement, The Interpretation of Cultures transformed how we think about others' cultures and our own. This definitive edition, with a foreword by Robert Darnton, remains an essential book for anthropologists, historians, and anyone else seeking to better understand human cultures.

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Clifford Geertz (1926-2006) was a professor at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, the National Academy of Sciences, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. His book Works and Lives: The Anthropologist as Author won the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1988.

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Verlag
Basic Books
Erscheinungsdatum
1977
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0465097197
ISBN 13 
9780465097197
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
480
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