The Interpretation of Cultures: Selected Essays - Hardcover

Geertz, Clifford

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 046503425X ISBN 13: 9780465034253

Publisher: Basic Books, 1973

Synopsis

In The Interpretation of Cultures, the most original anthropologist of his generation moved far beyond the traditional confines of his discipline to develop an important new concept of culture. This groundbreaking book, winner of the 1974 Sorokin Award of the American Sociological Association, helped define for an entire generation of anthropologists what their field is ultimately about.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

'One of the most articulate cultural anthropologists of this generation. Geertz has consistently attempted to clarify the meaning of 'culture' and to relate that concept to the actual behavior of individuals and groups.' -Elizabeth Colson, Contemporary Sociology

About the Author:

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Basic Books
• Publication date: 1973
• ISBN 10: 046503425X
• ISBN 13: 9780465034253
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 470