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 · Clifford Geertz. The interpretation of cultures: selected essays. Basic Books, E. E. Evans-Pritchard. The Nuer: A Description of the Modes of Livelihood and Political Institutions of a Nilotic People. Clarendon Press, Paul Rabinow, William M. Sullivan. Interpretive Social Science: A Reader. University of California Press, Geertz, Clifford. b The Cerebral Savage: On the Work of Claude Levi-Strauss. In The Interpretation of Cultures. Pp. New York: Basic Books, Inc. Geertz, Clifford. c The Interpretation of Cultures. New York: Basic Books, Inc. Geertz, Clifford. d Thick Description: Toward an Interpretive Theory of Culture. The Interpretation of Cultures Selected Essays by Clifford Geertz Basic Books, Inc., Publishers NEW YORK © Chapter 2 THE IMPACT OF THE CONCEPT OF CULTURE ON THE CONCEPT OF MAN I Toward the end of his recent study of the ideas used by tribal peoples, La Pensée Sauvage, the French anthropologist Lévi-.

Clifford Geertz has been called 'the most original anthropologist of his generation' - and this reputation rests largely on the huge contributions to the methodology and approaches of anthropological interpretation that he outlined in The Interpretation of Cultures. The Interpretation Of Cultures. Clifford Geertz, ifford Geertz, Basic Books. Basic Books, - History - pages. 5 Reviews. One of the twentieth century's most influential books, this classic work of anthropology offers a groundbreaking exploration of what culture is. With The Interpretation of Cultures, the distinguished anthropologist. The interpretation of cultures; selected essays by Geertz, Clifford. Publication date Topics Ethnology, toward an interpretive theory of culture -- The impact of the concept of culture on the concept of man -- The growth of culture and the evolution of mind -- Religion as a cultural system -- Ethos, world view, and the analysis of.

The Interpretation of Cultures. 3rd ed., Basic Books, Other citation styles (Harvard, Turabian, Vancouver, ) BibGuru offers more than 8, citation styles including popular styles such as AMA, ASA, APSA, CSE, IEEE, Harvard, Turabian, and Vancouver, as well as journal and university specific styles. In The Interpretation of Cultures (), Geertz described culture as "a system of inherited conceptions expressed in symbolic forms by means of which men communicate, perpetuate, and develop their knowledge about and attitudes toward life" (). Geertz believed that the role of anthropologists was to try to interpret the guiding symbols of each culture. With The Interpretation of Cultures, the distinguished anthropologist Clifford Geertz developed the concept of thick description, and in so doing, he virtually rewrote the rules of his field. Culture, Geertz argues, does not drive human behavior. Rather, it is a web of symbols that can help us better understand what that behavior means.