Clifford Geertz

Fred Inglis is Professor of Cultural Studies at the University of Sheffield.

'A book on Geertz was overdue and Fred Inglis was the one to write it. He has done admirably. This study of the work of Clifford Geertz is both comprehensive and entertaining.' Henk Wesseling, Professor of General History at the University of Leiden and Rector of the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study'Fred Inglis's biography is useful and charming. It is useful because it contains so many facts, and because it is perhaps the most detailed intellectual analysis of Geertz's work now available.' Times Literary Supplement 'Inglis has done a masterful job reviewing some of the highlights of Geertz's career and showing how they fit together in a meaningful trajectory.' Choice 'Clifford Geertz is priviledged; he is the first and only anthropologist in the prestigious Key Contemporary Thinkers series ... There is probably no better intellectiual biographer to present Clifford Geertz than Fred Inglis ... For anyone who wants to get into Geertz's head and have a succinct, lively and entertaining account of his work, then Inglis is required reading.' Social Anthropology ''Considerable depth of analysis and insight' Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland "It will certainly become a standard reference on the work of this great anthropologist" Paul Shankman, University of Colorado-Boulder. Anthropological Forum 13(1), 2003

• Acknowledgements. Abbreviations.1. The Tenor of the Setting: Formation of an Anthropologist.2. Making Up His Mind.3. In the Field (1): Java.4. In the Field (2): Bali and Morocco.5. Portrait of a Method.6. the Competition: The anthropology of anthropology.7. Theatre States and the Stages of the World.Notes.A Geertz Bibliography.Index.