Local Knowledge: Further Essays in Interpretive Anthropology - Softcover
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 Geertzā€™s exploration of the meaning of culture and the importance of shared cultural symbolism. With a new introduction by the author.
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The noted cultural anthropologist and author of 'The Interpretation of Cultures' deepens our understanding of human societies through the intimacies of 'local knowledge.'
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Clifford Geertz, the author of many books, is Harold F. Linder Professor of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey.
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- Publication date1983
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Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 244 pp., vi. '1' in number line. Contents divided into three Parts and 8 Chapters: PART I (1) Blurred Genres: The Refiguration of Social Thought"; (2) "Found in Translation: On the Social History of the Social Imagination"; (3) " ' From the Native's Point of View ': On the Nature of Anthropological Understanding"; PART II (4) "Common Sense as a Cultural System"; (5) "Art as a Cultural System"; (6) "Centers, Kings, and Charisma: Reflections on the Symbolics of Power"; (7) "The Way We Thinbk Now: Toward an Ethnography of Modern Thought"; PART III (8) "Local Knowledge: Fact and Law in Comparative Perspective"; Acknowledgments, p. 235; Index, pp. 237-244. Glossy green wrappers, with repeating pattern superimposed, Title lettering in large white letters on top 1/4 front cover, above Subtitle in thin, small orange letters across upper middle front cover; Author name lettering in thin, larger orange letters across bottom front cover. Essentially As New copy but for light age-toning of text, slightly more so around perimeters: Tight binding (NO cracks); sharp corners (NO bumps or curls); NO previous owner names; NO remainder marks; NO rubbing wear. Clean text. Exemplary condition for a paperback published by Harper in the early 1980's, now 40 years-old. Still crisp. Seller Inventory # 002815
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