Local Knowledge: Further Essays in Interpretive Anthropology - Brossura

Geertz, Clifford

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ISBN 10: 0465041620 ISBN 13: 9780465041626

Casa editrice: Basic Books, 1985

Riassunto

In essays covering everything from art and common sense to charisma and constructions of the self, the eminent cultural anthropologist and author of The Interpretation of Cultures deepens our understanding of human societies through the intimacies of "local knowledge." A companion volume to The Interpretation of Cultures , this book continues Geertz's exploration of the meaning of culture and the importance of shared cultural symbolism. With a new introduction by the author.

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Informazioni sull'autore

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 Circle Award in 1988. 

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Basic Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 1985
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0465041620
• ISBN 13: 9780465041626
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 3
• Numero di pagine: 260
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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