The Interpretation Of CulturesFrontmatter Preface to the 2000 Edition Preface PART I Chapter 1/ Thick Description: Toward an Interpretive Theory of Culture PART II Chapter 2/ The Impact of the Concept of Culture on the Concept of Man Chapter 3/ The Growth of Culture and the Evolution of Mind PART III Chapter 4/ Religion As a Cultural System Chapter 5/ Ethos, World View, and the Analysis of Sacred Symbols Chapter 6/ Ritual and Social Change: A Javanese Example Chapter 7/ "Internal Conversion" in Contemporary Bali PART IV Chapter 8/ Ideology As a Cultural System Chapter 9/ After the Revolution: The Fate of Nationalism in the New States Chapter 10/ The Integrative Revolution: Primordial Sentiments and Civil Politics in the New States Chapter 11/ The Politics of Meaning Chapter 12/ Politics Past, Politics Present: Some Notes on the Uses of Anthropology in Understanding the New States PART V Chapter 13/ The Cerebral Savage: On the Work of Claude Lévi-Strauss Chapter 14/ Person, Time, and Conduct in Bali Chapter 15/ Deep Play: Notes on the Balinese Cockfight Acknowledgments Index |
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User Review - Hebephrene - LibraryThingThis is a difficult and dense volume laying out Clifford Geertz's theory of culture and how they might be interpreted. He is , when he wants to be, a gifted writer and can on occasion come up with a ... Read full review
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User Review - DaveCullen - LibraryThingThis is the best book I've ever read on cultural anthropology, and a great influence on my work. "Thick description" is the term Geertz coined for what he did. I try. Read full review
Contents
Thick Description Toward an Interpretive Theory of Culture | 3 |
PART II | 31 |
The Impact of the Concept of Culture on the Concept of Man | 33 |
The Growth of Culture and the Evolution of Mind | 55 |
PART III | 85 |
Religion As a Cultural System | 87 |
Ethos World View and the Analysis of Sacred Symbols | 126 |
Ritual and Social Change A Javanese Example | 142 |
After the Revolution The Fate of Nationalism in the New States | 234 |
The Integrative Revolution Primordial Sentiments and Civil Politics in the New States | 255 |
The Politics of Meaning | 311 |
Politics Past Politics Present Some Notes on the Uses of Anthropology in Understanding the New States | 327 |
The Cerebral Savage On the Work of Claude LeviStrauss | 345 |
Person Time and Conduct in Bali | 360 |
Deep Play Notes on the Balinese Cockfight | 412 |
Acknowledgments | 455 |
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