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The interpretation of cultures, selected essays, by Clifford Geertz

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The interpretation of cultures, selected essays, by Clifford Geertz

Language

eng

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 455-456) and index

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The interpretation of cultures

Nature of contents

bibliography

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44600588

Responsibility statement

by Clifford Geertz

Sub title

selected essays

Table Of Contents

Preface to the 2000 edition -- Preface -- Thick description : 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 sacred symbols -- Ritual and social change : an Javanese example -- "Internal conversion" in contemporary Bali -- Ideology as a cultural system -- After the revolution : the fate of nationalism in the new states -- The integrative revolution : primordial sentiment and civil politics in the new states -- The politics of meaning -- Politics past, politics present : some notes on the uses of anthropology in understanding the new states -- The cerebral savage : on the work of Claude Lévi-Strauss -- Person, time, and conduct in Bali -- Deep play : notes on the Balinese cockfight

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