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1	The Interpretation of Cultures: Selected Essays more books like this by Clifford Geertz add to wishlist In this classic of anthropology, Geertz shows how culture can be examined in a similar way to reading or interpreting a text. This is a landmark, influential text that extends across many fields. see all copies from £7.99! new only from £8.64!
2	The religion of Java more books like this by Clifford Geertz add to wishlist These ethnographic accounts by cultural anthropologist Clifford Geertz are the result of his field work in Java in the early '50s. see all copies from £7.47! new only from £16.72! \| first editions
3	Negara: The Theatre State in Nineteenth-Century Bali more books like this by Clifford Geertz add to wishlist Combining great learning, interpretative originality, analytical sensitivity, and a charismatic prose style, Clifford Geertz has produced a lasting body of work with influence throughout the humanities and social sciences, and remains the foremost anthropologist in America. His 1980 book "Negara" analyzed the social organization of Bali before it ... see all copies from £8.31! new only from £24.03! \| first editions
4	Peddlers and Princes: Social Development and Economic Change in Two Indonesian Towns more books like this by Clifford Geertz add to wishlist This ethnographic research into the economy and social life of the town of Sefrou, Morocco is the result of Geertz's field work in the late '50s. It is a study of the forces within a self-contained city and how order and chaos relate. see all copies from £4.06! new only from £14.41! \| first editions
5	Islam Observed: Religious Development in Morocco and Indonesia more books like this by Clifford Geertz add to wishlist "In four brief chapters," writes Clifford Geertz in his preface, "I have attempted both to lay out a general framework for the comparative analysis of religion and to apply it to a study of the development of a supposedly single creed, Islam, in two quite contrasting civilizations, the Indonesian and the Moroccan." Mr. Geertz begins his argument ... see all copies from £1.94! new only from £10.36!
6	Available Light: Anthropological Reflections on Philosophical Topics more books like this by Clifford Geertz add to wishlist Clifford Geertz, one of the most influential thinkers of our time, here discusses some of the most urgent issues facing intellectuals today. In this collection of personal and revealing essays, he explores the nature of his anthropological work in relation to a broader public, serving as the foremost spokesperson of his generation of scholars, ... see all copies from £8.28! new only from £12.07! \| first editions
7	Agricultural Involution: The Processes of Ecological Change in Indonesia more books like this by Clifford Geertz add to wishlist This study of agriculture and economy arises from anthropologist Geertz's field work in Java and Bali in the '50s. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £5.57! \| first editions
8	After the Fact: Two Countries, Four Decades, One Anthropologist more books like this by Clifford Geertz add to wishlist In this study of the anthropological writings of Claude Levi-Strauss, Bronislaw Malinowski, Ruth Benedict, and Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard, cultural anthropologist Geertz uncovers a variety of rhetorical strategies. see all copies from £5.99! new only from £11.46! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	Local Knowledge: Further Essays in Interpretive Anthropology more books like this by Clifford Geertz add to wishlist 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 ... see all copies from £10.09! new only from £16.10! \| first editions
10	Myth, Symbol, and Culture more books like this by Clifford Geertz (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from £11.09! new only from £14.31! \| first editions
11 view cover	Works and Lives: The Anthropologist as Author more books like this by Clifford Geertz add to wishlist Clifford Geertz is known for his work on the interpretation of cultural forms. In this book he develops his view that anthropology should be understood as a kind of writing: doing good anthropology is like writing good literature. Drawing on Foucault and Barthes, Geertz discusses the relations between authors and their works. He then examines the ... see all copies from £6.35! new only from £15.71! \| first editions
12 view cover	Clifford Geertz by His Colleagues more books like this by Richard A Shweder (Editor), Byron Good (Editor), Clifford Geertz add to wishlist Clifford Geertz is the most influential American anthropologist of the past four decades. His writings have defined and given character to the intellectual agenda of a meaning-centered, non-reductive interpretive social science and have provoked much excitement and debate about the nature of human understanding. As part of the American ... see all copies from £7.83! new only from £13.97! \| first editions
13	The Social History of an Indonesian Town more books like this by Clifford Geertz add to wishlist From this field work done in the '50s in Indonesia, Clifford Geertz was to move from practical ethnography to a more symbolic and comparative approach eventually exemplified in his classic INTERPRETATION OF CULTURES. see all copies from £9.91! new only from £37.47! \| first editions
14	Interpretation of Cultures more books like this by Clifford Geertz add to wishlist 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 ... see all copies from £19.77! signed copies \| first editions
15	Kinship in Bali more books like this by Hildred Geertz, Clifford Geertz add to wishlist see all copies from £5.57! first editions
16	Philosophy, Rhetoric, Literary Criticism: Interviews more books like this by Gary A Olson (Editor), Clifford Geertz (Foreword by), Patricia Bizzell (Introduction by) add to wishlist Gary A. Olson presents six in-depth interviews with internationally prominent scholars outside of the discipline and twelve response essays written by noted rhetoric and composition scholars on subjects related to language, rhetoric, writing, philosophy, feminism, and literary criticism. The interviews are with philosopher of language Donald ... see all copies from £10.27! new only from £39.29! \| first editions
17	New Views of the Nature Man more books like this by John R. Platt (Editor), Clifford Geertz add to wishlist see all copies from £5.57!
18	La Interpretacion de Las Culturas more books like this by Clifford Geertz add to wishlist see all copies from £41.27! new only from £41.27!
19 view cover	Clifford Geertz by His Colleagues more books like this by Clifford Geertz, Richard A Shweder (Editor), Byron Good (Editor) add to wishlist Clifford Geertz is the most influential American anthropologist of the past four decades. His writings have defined and given character to the intellectual agenda of a meaning-centered, non-reductive interpretive social science and have provoked much excitement and debate about the nature of human understanding. As part of the American ... see all copies from £25.39! new only from £25.39!
20	El Antropologo Como Autor more books like this by Clifford Geertz add to wishlist see all copies from £14.28!
21	Meaning & Order more books like this by Clifford Geertz, Lawrence Rosen add to wishlist see all copies from £96.60!
22	Geertz: Social History Indonesian Town by Clifford Geertz add to wishlist see all copies from £33.55!
23	Surgimiento de La Antropologia Posmoderna more books like this by James Clifford, C Geertz add to wishlist see all copies from £29.08! new only from £37.87!
24	Person, Time, and Conduct in Bali: an Essay in Cultural Analysis by Clifford Geertz add to wishlist see all copies from £126.32! first editions
25	Los Usos de La Diversidad by Clifford Geertz add to wishlist see all copies from £29.52!

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