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Clifford Geertz (1926–2006)

Author of The Interpretation of Cultures

Includes the names: Cl Geertz, Cliford Geertz, Clifford Geertz, Clifford Geertz; Editor

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The Interpretation of Cultures 776 copies, 3 reviews
Local Knowledge: Further Essays In Interpretive Anthropology (Basic Books… 190 copies, 1 review
Islam Observed: Religious Development in Morocco and Indonesia (Phoenix… 119 copies
Works and Lives: The Anthropologist as Author 107 copies
Available Light: Anthropological Reflections on Philosophical Topics. 99 copies
Negara: The Theatre State In Nineteenth-Century Bali 68 copies
After the Fact: Two Countries, Four Decades, One Anthropologist (The… 49 copies
The Religion of Java 48 copies
Peddlers and Princes: Social Development and Economic Change in Two… 34 copies
Agricultural Involution: The Processes of Ecological Change in Indonesia 30 copies
Myth, Symbol and Culture 22 copies
Dichte Beschreibung. Beiträge zum Verstehen kultureller Systeme. 16 copies
Old Societies and New States The Quest for Modernity in Asia and Africa 9 copies
Life among the Anthros and Other Essays 4 copies

The social history of an Indonesian town 4 copies

Meaning and order in Moroccan society : three essays in cultural analysis 3 copies

Omakandi tarkus : esseid tõlgendavast antropoloogiast 3 copies

Ideology and Discontent 3 copies

Oltre i fatti. Due paesi, quattro decenni, un antropologo 2 copies

Antropologia interpretativa 2 copies

Antropologia e filosofia: frammenti di una biografia intellettuale 2 copies, 1 review

Az értelmezés hatalma. Antropológiai írások 2 copies

Anti-anti-relativismo 2 copies

Clifford Geertz by his colleagues 1 copy

A life of learning : Charles Homer Haskins lecture for 1999 1 copy

Bali 1 copy

Uma nova luz sobre a Antropologia 1 copy

Introduction to Cultural and Social Anthropology 1 copy

Welt in Stücken. Kultur und Politik am Ende des 20. Jahrhunderts 1 copy

'Culture war' in NYRB XLII/19, 30 Nov 1995 [review of Obeyesekere's… 1 copy

Person, Time and Conduct in Bali: An Essay in Cultural Analysis [Cultural… 1 copy

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Anthropological Theory: An Introductory History (Contributor) 110 copies
Anthropological Approaches to the Study of Religion (Contributor) 18 copies
Ideology and discontent (Contributor) 4 copies
Readings on Islam in Southeast Asia (Contributor) 2 copies

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