The Interpretation of Cultures
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| Rating | : | 4.74 (551 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01N1OTTCC |
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| Number of Pages | : | 170 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-09-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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"A truly important book" according to Elvin J. Hatch. This is a pathbreaking book in the human and social sciences. A classic.. An pleasent discovery, a most read for humanists This book published in 1973, and we are still in the start of 2013, I can predict that this will be my favorite book for the hole of 2013. I think also that this book made a so great impact on my imagination that I have changed my focus from sociology/philosophy to cultural. Karl Krotke said Good read. Good read on the use of anthropology in history.
. Clifford Geertz (1926-2006) was a professor at the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton University, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, the National Academy of Sciences, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. His book Works and Lives: The Anthropologist as Author won the National Book Critics Ci
"Clifford Geertzis one of the most original and stimulating anthropologists of his generations.Geertz writes of issues that touch us all: The meaning of life and deathThe problems of coping with a social order, the need to make sense out of it all.He also writes with style, verve, learning, and intelligence." -- Elizabeth Colson, Contemporary Sociology
In The Interpretation of Cultures, the most original anthropologist of his generation moved far beyond the traditional confines of his discipline to develop an important new concept of culture. This groundbreaking book, winner of the 1974 Sorokin Award of the American Sociological Association, helped define for an entire generation of anthropologists what their field is ultimately about.