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Record Nr.

UNISA996248227103316

Autore

Geertz Clifford

Titolo

Local Knowledge : Further Essays In Interpretive Anthropology

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Basic Books, 2008

ISBN

0-465-04159-0

0-7867-2375-0

Edizione

[3rd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (284 p.)

Disciplina

306

Soggetti

Ethnology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Preface to the 2000 Edition; Introduction; PART I; Chapter 1 / Blurred Genres: The Refiguration of Social Thought; I; II; III; IV; V; Chapter 2 / Found in Translation: On the Social History of the Moral Imagination; I; II; III; Chapter 3 / "From the Native's Point of View": On the Nature of Anthropological Understanding; I; II; III; IV; V; PART II; Chapter 4 / Common Sense as a Cultural System; I; II; III; IV; Chapter 5 / Art as a Cultural System; I; II; III; Chapter 6 / Centers, Kings, and Charisma: Reflections on the Symbolics of Power; Introduction

Elizabeth's England: Virtue and AllegoryHayam Wuruk's Java: Splendor and Hierarchy; Hasan's Morocco: Movement and Energy; Conclusion; Chapter 7 / The Way We Think Now: Toward an Ethnography of Modern Thought; I; II; III; IV; PART III; Chapter 8 / Local Knowledge: Fact and Law in Comparative Perspective; II; III; Acknowledgments; Index

Sommario/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.