He served until his death as professor emeritus at the institute for advanced study, princeton. Pdf roberto malighetti clifford geertz o trabalho do. Usa, as son of clifford james geertz senior, a trader and businessman 18911966, and his wife lois briegergeertz a former semiprofessional tennisplayer, 18951974 cliff j. Contents preface part i 4 chapter 11 thick description. The impact of the concept of culture on the concept of man. Clifford james geertz was an american anthropologist who is remembered mostly for his strong support for and influence on. Linder professor of social science at the institute for advanced study, princeton, new jersey. Clifford geertz gave the human sciences in general a quite new idiom. Their combined citations are counted only for the first article. Further essays in interpretive anthropology, and more on. Further essays in interpretive anthropology,1 picks up where his pathbreaking the interpretation of cultures2 left off. Geertz relates both the various events surrounding and the deeper cultural meaning of an example of popular culture, cockfighting on a south pacific island. Clifford geertz 19262006 american anthropologist aim of most of his work is to provide an understanding and acknowledgement of thick description that exists within cultures.
Clifford geertz 19262006 served on the faculty of the institute for advanced study in princeton, new jersey. Clifford geertz, an eminent scholar in the field of cultural anthropology, was the first and founding professor in the school of social science. The american cultural anthropologist clifford geertz born 1926 did ethnographic field work in indonesia and morocco, wrote influential essays on central theoretical issues in the social sciences, and advocated a distinctive interpretive approach to anthropology. Clifford geertz was a cultural anthropologist whose work focused on interpreting the symbols he believed give meaning and order to peoples lives. He contrasts his interpretation of engaging in deep play extremely high stakes activities with jeremy benthams famous earlier characterization of irrational behavior. Clifford geertz was born in san francisco on august. In chapter 4 of methods of discovery, andrew abbott discusses clifford geertzs thick description. About the author clifford geertz, the author of many books, is harold f. Further reproduction prohibited without permission. This essay first appeared as cosmology in the classroom.
Qualitative methods critique of clifford geertzs thick. Clifford geertz 19262006 robert darnton feb 1, 2007. Privileging the reading of clifford geertzs works, in this essay i intend to contextualize the. Basic books clifford geertz, interpretation of cultures, basic. Washington clifford geertz, an anthropologist whose imaginative studies of cultural groups from other countries changed the intellectual underpinnings of anthropology and other social sciences, died oct. He served until his death as professor emeritus at the. He made them capable of speaking seriously about life and death without such big words having to be put in. During thirty years at princeton university, he studied the cultures of southeast asia and north africa, investigating a wide variety of social structures including economic development, political structures, family life, and religion. Clifford james geertz august 23, 1926 october 30, 2006 was an american anthropologist who is known for his work in symbolic anthropology.
August 23, 1926 october 30, 2006 was an american anthropologist who is remembered mostly for his strong support for and influence on the practice of symbolic anthropology, and who was considered for three decades. Liljeblad 18992000 was a prominent folklorist, linguist, and anthropologist who participated in an important chapter of great basin native american studies beginning in the 1940s. This principle has long been expressed in the idea of the unity of human kind and the belief that all human beings had a common origin. Before his work in nevada and idaho, however, liljeblad had already earned an international reputation for his. From its origins in classical thought and christianity, western culture has always had a strong tendency towards universalism. The noted cultural anthropologist and author of the interpretation of cultures deepens our understanding of human societies through the intimacies of local knowledge. Clifford geertz, cultural anthropologist, is dead at 80. Clifford geertz books list of books by author clifford. Clifford geertz biography, birth date, birth place and. Clifford james geertz august 23, 1926 october 30, 2006 was an american cultural anthropologist, famous for his work on cultural symbols and meaning.
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