Local Knowledge: Further Essays In Interpretive Anthropology

by Clifford Geertz

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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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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.
Second book of Geertz's work. One wonders what else he did in his cosseted life at Princeton.
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A collection of essays in which Geertz deals with questions such as identity.
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: show more desvelando para nosotros lo imperceptible al ojo humano. show less

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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 terms of symbols whose meaning we must grasp if we are show more 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) show less

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Canonical title
Local Knowledge: Further Essays In Interpretive Anthropology
Original title
Local Knowledge: Further Essays in Interpretive Anthropology
Original publication date
1983
Original language
English

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Anthropology, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, Philosophy
DDC/MDS
306Social sciencesSocial sciences, sociology & anthropologyCulture and institutions
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GN316 .G43Geography, Anthropology and RecreationAnthropologyAnthropologyEthnology. Social and cultural anthropology
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