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Local Knowledge Clifford Geertz

Local Knowledge By Clifford Geertz

Local Knowledge 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.

Local Knowledge Summary

Local Knowledge: Further Essays In Interpretive Anthropology by Clifford Geertz

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.

About Clifford Geertz

Clifford Geertz, the author of many books, is Harold F. Linder Professor of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey.

Table of Contents

* Introduction Part I * Blurred Genres: The Refiguration of Social Thought * Found in Translation: On the Social History of the Moral Imagination * From the Natives Point of View: On the Nature of Anthropological Understanding Part II * Common Sense as a Cultural System * Art as a Cultural System * Centers, Kings, and Charisma: Reflections on the Symbolics of Power * The Way We Think Now: Toward an Ethnography of Modern Thought Part III * Local Knowledge: Fact and Law in Comparative Perspective

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GOR002573927
9780465041626
0465041620
Local Knowledge: Further Essays In Interpretive Anthropology by Clifford Geertz
Used - Very Good
Paperback
INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US
1985-02-18
256
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