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• ISBN 10: 0465093566 
• ISBN 13: 9780465093564 
• Author: Geertz

One of the twentieth century’s most influential books, this classic work of anthropology offers a groundbreaking exploration of what culture is With The Interpretation of Cultures, the distinguished anthropologist Clifford Geertz developed the concept of thick description, and in so doing, he virtually rewrote the rules of his field. Culture, Geertz argues, does not drive human behavior. Rather, it is a web of symbols that can help us better understand what that behavior means. A thick description explains not only the behavior, but the context in which it occurs, and to describe something thickly, Geertz argues, is the fundamental role of the anthropologist. Named one of the 100 most important books published since World War II by the Times Literary Supplement, The Interpretation of Cultures transformed how we think about others’ cultures and our own. This definitive edition, with a foreword by Robert Darnton, remains an essential book for anthropologists, historians, and anyone else seeking to better understand human cultures.

Table of contents:

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

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