The interpretation of cultures : selected essays / by Clifford Geertz.
Author(s): Geertz, Clifford
Library Item Details
Main Title
The interpretation of cultures : selected essays / by Clifford Geertz.
Author(s)
Geertz, Clifford
Collation
ix, 470 p. ; 24 cm.
ISBN
9780006862604
Dewey Class
301.2
Contents
Part One: Thick description : toward an interpretive theory of culture -- Part Two: The impact of the concept of culture on the concept of man -- The growth of culture and the evolution of mind -- Part Three: Religion as a cultural system -- Ethos, world view, and the analysis of sacred symbols -- Ritual and social change : a 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 sentiments 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 -- Part Four: The cerebral savage : on the work of Claude Lévi-Strauss -- Person, time, and conduct in Bali -- Deep play : notes on the Balinese cockfight.
Language
en
Subject
Ethnology
Culture
Culture
BRN
3470
Title
The interpretation of cultures : selected essays /
Dewey Decimal Classification Number
301.2
Imprint
London : Fontana Press , 1993
