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Interpretation of Cultures
Häftad, 2017
349 kr
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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 …
Interpretation of Cultures
Häftad, 1993
189 kr
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This is a collection of essays which attempt to push forward a particular view of what culture is, what role it plays in social life and how it ought to be properly studied. What emerges is this book - a treatise in cultural theory developed through a series of concrete analyses.
Local Knowledge
Häftad, 1993
150 kr
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This sequel to "The Interpretation of Cultures" is a collection of essays which reject large abstractions, going beyond the mere translation of one culture into another, and looks at the underlying, compartmentalized reality.
Local Knowledge (Text Only)
E-bok, 2016
96 kr
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The noted cultural anthropologist and author of 'The Interpretation of Cultures' deepens our understanding of human societies through the intimacies of 'local knowledge.'This sequel to The Interpretation of Cultures is a collection of essays which reject large abstractions, going beyond the mere …
Interpretation of Cultures (Text Only)
E-bok, 2016
120 kr
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'One of the most articulate cultural anthropologists of this generation. Geertz has consistently attempted to clarify the meaning of 'culture' and to relate that concept to the actual behavior of individuals and groups.' -Elizabeth Colson, Contemporary SociologyA collection of essays which attempt …
Religion of Java
Häftad, 1976
436 kr
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Written with a rare combination of analysis and speculation, this comprehensive study of Javanese religion is one of the few books on the religion of a non-Western people which emphasizes variation and conflict in belief as well as similarity and harmony. The reader becomes aware of the intricacy …
Islam Observed
Religious Development in Morocco and Indonesia
Häftad, 1971
247 kr
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"In four brief chapters," writes Clifford Geertz in his preface, "I have attempted both to lay out a general framework for the comparative analysis of religion and to apply it to a study of the development of a supposedly single creed, Islam, in two quite contrasting civilizations, the Indonesian …
Peddlers and Princes
Social Development and Economic Change in Two Indonesian Towns
Häftad, 1968
247 kr
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In a closely observed study of two Indonesian towns, Clifford Geertz analyzes the process of economic change in terms of people and behavior patterns rather than income and production. One of the rare empirical studies of the earliest stages of the transition to modern economic growth, Peddlers and …
Kinship in Bali
Av Hildred Geertz, Clifford Geertz
Häftad, 1978
325 kr
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This work constitutes the first book-length examination of Balinese kinship in English and an important theoretical analysis of the central ethnographic concept of "kinship system." Hildred and Clifford Geertz's findings challenge the prevailing anthropological notion of a kinship system as an …
Agricultural Involution
The Processes of Ecological Change in Indonesia
Häftad, 1969
264 kr
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'A remarkably interesting account of Indonesian agricultural history, primarily covering the period of Dutch control, from 1619 to 1942. Drawing on ecology, sociology, and economics, Geertz...provides an insightful and persuasive analysis' - "The Annals". 'If colonial geography ever succeeds in …
Agricultural Involution
The Processes of Ecological Change in Indonesia
E-bok, 1969
433 kr
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Agricultural Involution: The Processes of Ecological Change in Indonesia is one of the most famous of the early works of Clifford Geertz. It principal thesis is that many centuries of intensifying wet-rice cultivation in Indonesia had produced greater social complexity without significant …
After the Fact
Two Countries, Four Decades, One Anthropologist
Häftad, 1996
324 kr
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"Suppose," Clifford Geertz suggests, "having entangled yourself every now and again over four decades or so in the goings-on in two provincial towns, one a Southeast Asian bend in the road, one a North African outpost and passage point, you wished to say something about how those goings-on had …
Negara
The Theatre State in 19th Century Bali
Häftad, 1981
449 kr
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Combining great learning, interpretative originality, analytical sensitivity, and a charismatic prose style, Clifford Geertz has produced a lasting body of work with influence throughout the humanities and social sciences, and remains the foremost anthropologist in America. His 1980 book Negara …
Available Light
Anthropological Reflections on Philosophical Topics
Häftad, 2001
596 kr
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Clifford Geertz, one of the most influential thinkers of our time, here discusses some of the most urgent issues facing intellectuals today. In this collection of personal and revealing essays, he explores the nature of his anthropological work in relation to a broader public, serving as the …
Life among the Anthros and Other Essays
Av Clifford Geertz, Fred Inglis
Häftad, 2012
325 kr
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Clifford Geertz (1926-2006) was perhaps the most influential anthropologist of our time, but his influence extended far beyond his field to encompass all facets of contemporary life. Nowhere were his gifts for directness, humor, and steady revelation more evident than in the pages of the New York …
Works and Lives
The Anthropologist As Author
Häftad, 1989
304 kr
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The illusion that ethnography is a matter of sorting strange and irregular facts into familiar and orderly categories—this is magic, that is technology—has long since been exploded. What it is instead, however, is less clear. That it might be a kind of writing, putting things to paper, has now and …
Available Light
Anthropological Reflections on Philosophical Topics
E-bok, 2012
489 kr
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Clifford Geertz, one of the most influential thinkers of our time, here discusses some of the most urgent issues facing intellectuals today. In this collection of personal and revealing essays, he explores the nature of his anthropological work in relation to a broader public, serving as the …
Life among the Anthros and Other Essays
Av Clifford Geertz, Fred Inglis
E-bok, 2012
428 kr
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An incomparable retrospective of writings by one of the world''s great anthropologists Clifford Geertz (1926–2006) was perhaps the most influential anthropologist of our time, but his influence extended far beyond his field to encompass all facets of contemporary life. Nowhere were his gifts for …
Negara
The Theatre State in 19th Century Bali
E-bok, 2021
599 kr
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Combining great learning, interpretative originality, analytical sensitivity, and a charismatic prose style, Clifford Geertz has produced a lasting body of work with influence throughout the humanities and social sciences, and remains the foremost anthropologist in America. His 1980 book Negara …
Suq – Geertz on the Market
Av Clifford Geertz, Lawrence Rosen m. fl.
Häftad, 2023
308 kr
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A formative ethnography of the relationship between markets and social life, back in print. Originally published in 1979, Clifford Geertz’s essay on the Moroccan bazaar is a classic ethnographic account of the interplay of economic, social, and religious lives in the bustle of transaction. Drawing …
Works and Lives
The Anthropologist as Author
Häftad, 1989
211 kr
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This major work, now available in paperback, by one of the world's leading anthropologists discusses the style, imagery and metaphor of the great anthropologists, thereby developing Geertz's claim that doing good anthropology is like writing good literature.
Philosophy, Rhetoric, Literary Criticism
(Inter)views
Av Clifford Geertz, Patricia Bizzell m. fl.
Inbunden, 1994
412 kr
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