Clifford Geertz (1926–2006)
Teoksen The Interpretation of Cultures: Selected Essays tekijä
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Clifford Geertz, an American anthropologist, is known for his studies of Islam in Indonesia and Morocco and of the peasant economy of Java. But he is also the leading exponent of an orientation in the social sciences called "interpretation". Social life, according to this view, is organized in näytä lisää terms of symbols whose meaning we must grasp if we are to understand that organization and formulate its principles. Interpretative explanations focus on what institutions, actions, customs, and so on mean to the people involved. What emerges from studies of this kind are not laws of society, and certainly not statistical relationships, but rather interpretations, that is to say, understanding. Geertz taught for 10 years at the University of Chicago and has been the Harold F. Linder professor of social science at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. (Bowker Author Biography) näytä vähemmän
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Peddlers and Princes: Social Development and Economic Change in Two Indonesian Towns (Comparative Studies of New… (1963) 57 kappaletta
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Yleistieto
- Kanoninen nimi
- Geertz, Clifford
- Virallinen nimi
- Geertz, Clifford James
- Syntymäaika
- 1926-08-23
- Kuolinaika
- 2006-10-30
- Sukupuoli
- male
- Kansalaisuus
- USA
- Syntymäpaikka
- San Francisco, California, USA
- Kuolinpaikka
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Kuolinsyy
- complications following heart surgery
- Asuinpaikat
- Princeton, New Jersey, USA
- Koulutus
- Antioch College (BA|1950)
Harvard University (PhD|1956) - Ammatit
- anthropologist
professor - Suhteet
- Geertz, Hildred (first wife)
Blu, Karen I. (wife) - Organisaatiot
- University of Chicago
Institute for Advanced Study
United States Navy (WWII) - Palkinnot ja kunnianosoitukset
- Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1966)
Fellow, American Philosophical Society (1972)
Fellow, National Academy of Sciences (1973)
American Association for the Advancement of Science (1980)
Association for Asian Studies Award for Distinguished Contributions to Asian Studies (1987)
Corresponding Fellow, British Academy (1991) (näytä kaikki 12)
Talcott Parsons Prize (1974)
Sorokin Prize (1974)
Honorary Fellow, Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland (1995)
National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism (1989)
Fukuoka Asian Cultural Prize (1992)
Bintang Jasa Utama (First Class Merit Star) (2002)
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Kirja-arvosteluja
La antropología creció en tierras lejanas, mares cálidos y poblados remotos. Su hábitat fue siempre la diversidad de hombres, sociedades y culturas. Pero aquellos gloriosos tiempos de viajeros indómitos amantes ambivalentes de la otredad más radical parecen haberse difuminado. ¿Cómo puede pensarse el discurso antropológico cuando el mundo que vivimos es cada vez más un mundo?
Ésta es una colección de textos que aborda los fenómenos culturales como sistemas significativos, como grandes texturas de causas y efectos. Y lo hace situándolos en marcos locales del conocimiento, en forma de ensayos variados. Geertz se enfrenta a cuestiones como la relación entre las humanidades y las ciencias sociales, o la influencia de la semiótica en la antropología, para llegar a la conclusión de que la sociología no es una disciplina que aún no ha empezado su andadura, sino materia que se halla dispersa en varios sistemas. Geertz -decía James Kaufmann en Christian Science Monitor- es un escritor espléndido y uno de nuestros más originales y activos pensadores sociales? Y este libro es Geertz en estado puro: desvelando para nosotros lo imperceptible al ojo humano.… (lisätietoja)
In essays covering everything from art and common sense to charisma and constructions of the self, the eminent cultural anthropologist and author of The Interpretation of Cultures deepens our understanding of human societies through the intimacies of “local knowledge.” A companion volume to The Interpretation of Cultures, this book continues Geertz’s exploration of the meaning of culture and the importance of shared cultural symbolism. With a new introduction by the author.
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Selected Essays is a 1973 book by the American anthropologist Clifford Geertz.
The book was listed in the Times Literary Supplement as one of the 100 most important publications since World War Two.