Geertz, Clifford
Overview
| Works: | 375 works in 1,421 publications in 8 languages and 26,859 library holdings |
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| Genres: | Biography Case studies Conference papers and proceedings |
| Roles: | Author, Editor, Honoree, Author of introduction |
| Classifications: | GN315, 306 |
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Most widely held works about
Clifford Geertz
- After the fact : two countries, four decades, one anthropologist by Clifford Geertz( Book )
- Clifford Geertz : culture, custom, and ethics by Fred Inglis( Book )
- The fate of "culture" : Geertz and beyond( Book )
- A life of learning : Charles Homer Haskins lecture for 1999 by Clifford Geertz( Book )
- The accompaniment : assembling the contemporary by Paul Rabinow( Book )
- Interpreting Clifford Geertz : Cultural Investigation in the Social Sciences by Jeffrey C Alexander( Book )
- Geertz and culture by Kenneth A Rice( Book )
- Understanding religion and culture : anthropological and theological perspecitves [sic]( Book )
- Introduction to the study of religion by Charles Brewer Jones( Visual )
- Clifford Geertz in Morocco by Susan Slyomovics( Book )
- Symbolische Anthropologie der Moderne : Kulturanalysen nach Clifford Geertz( Book )
- Konstruktionen des Anderen : Clifford Geertz und die Krise der ethnographischen Repräsentation by Volker Gottowik( Book )
- "From the native's point of view"? : kulturelle Globalisierung nach Clifford Geertz und Pierre Bourdieu by Karsten Kumoll( Book )
- Clifford Geertz's interpretive anthropology : between text, experience and theory by Katarzyna Majbroda( Book )
- Verschriebene Fremdheit : die Ethnographie kultureller Brüche bei Clifford Geertz und Stephen Greenblatt by Lutz Ellrich( Book )
- Anthropologie der Religion : E.B. Tylor, B. Malinowski, C. Lévi-Strauss, C. Geertz by Franz-Peter Burkard( Book )
- Deux anthropologues au Maghreb Ernest Gellner et Clifford Geertz by Lahouari Addi( Book )
- Clifford Geertz interprétation et culture by Autour de Geertz (Colloque)( Book )
- Thinking big( Visual )
- Enough profundities already : a reconstruction of Geertz's interpretive anthropology = Een reconstructie van Geertz' interpretatieve antropologie : (met een samenvatting in het Nederlands) by Jan Willem Bakker( Book )
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Most widely held works by
Clifford Geertz
The interpretation of cultures : selected essays by
Clifford Geertz(
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123 editions published between 1973 and 2016 in English and Chinese and held by 2,657 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In this book 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 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 -- Provided by the publisher
123 editions published between 1973 and 2016 in English and Chinese and held by 2,657 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In this book 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 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 -- Provided by the publisher
Local knowledge : further essays in interpretive anthropology by
Clifford Geertz(
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71 editions published between 1983 and 2016 in 3 languages and held by 1,814 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
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 Geertzs exploration of the meaning of culture and the importance of shared cultural symbolism. With a new introduction by the author
71 editions published between 1983 and 2016 in 3 languages and held by 1,814 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
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 Geertzs exploration of the meaning of culture and the importance of shared cultural symbolism. With a new introduction by the author
The religion of Java by
Clifford Geertz(
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70 editions published between 1959 and 1996 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,590 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
70 editions published between 1959 and 1996 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,590 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Islam observed; religious development in Morocco and Indonesia by
Clifford Geertz(
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48 editions published between 1968 and 2008 in English and French and held by 1,426 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Mr. Geertz begins his argument by outlining the problem conceptually and providing an overview of the two countries. He then traces the evolution of their classical religious styles which, with disparate settings and unique histories, produced strikingly different spiritual climates. So in Morocco, the Islamic conception of life came to mean activism, moralism, and intense individuality, while in Indonesia the same concept emphasized aestheticism, inwardness, and the radical dissolution of personality. In order to assess the significance of these interesting developments, Mr. Geertz sets forth a series of theoretical observations concerning the social role of religion. -- Back cover
48 editions published between 1968 and 2008 in English and French and held by 1,426 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Mr. Geertz begins his argument by outlining the problem conceptually and providing an overview of the two countries. He then traces the evolution of their classical religious styles which, with disparate settings and unique histories, produced strikingly different spiritual climates. So in Morocco, the Islamic conception of life came to mean activism, moralism, and intense individuality, while in Indonesia the same concept emphasized aestheticism, inwardness, and the radical dissolution of personality. In order to assess the significance of these interesting developments, Mr. Geertz sets forth a series of theoretical observations concerning the social role of religion. -- Back cover
Works and lives : the anthropologist as author by
Clifford Geertz(
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41 editions published between 1889 and 2007 in English and held by 1,203 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
41 editions published between 1889 and 2007 in English and held by 1,203 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Old societies and new States; the quest for modernity in Asia and Africa by
University of Chicago(
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34 editions published between 1963 and 1971 in 3 languages and held by 1,008 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
34 editions published between 1963 and 1971 in 3 languages and held by 1,008 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Peddlers and princes; social change and economic modernization in two Indonesian towns by
Clifford Geertz(
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52 editions published between 1963 and 1993 in English and Undetermined and held by 983 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
52 editions published between 1963 and 1993 in English and Undetermined and held by 983 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Available light : anthropological reflections on philosophical topics by
Clifford Geertz(
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29 editions published between 2000 and 2012 in English and Undetermined and held by 953 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In this collection of essays, Clifford Geertz explores the nature of his anthropological work in relation to a broader public, serving as the foremost spokesperson of his generation of scholars, those who came of age after World War II. Geertz, who once considered a career in philosophy, begins by explaining how he got swept into the revolutionary movement of symbolic anthropology. At that point, his work began to encompass not only the ethnography of groups in Southeast Asia and North Africa, but also the study of how meaning is made in all cultures--or, to use his phrase, to explore the "frames of meaning" in which people everywhere live out their lives. His philosophical orientation helped him to establish the role of anthropology within broader intellectual circles and led him to address the work of such leading thinkers as Charles Taylor, Thomas Kuhn, William James, and Jerome Bruner. In this volume, Geertz comments on their work as he explores questions in political philosophy, psychology, and religion that have intrigued him throughout his career but that now hold particular relevance in light of postmodernist thinking and multiculturalism. Available Light offers discussions of concepts such as nation, identity, country, and self, with a reminder that like symbols in general, their meanings are not categorically fixed but grow and change through time and place
29 editions published between 2000 and 2012 in English and Undetermined and held by 953 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In this collection of essays, Clifford Geertz explores the nature of his anthropological work in relation to a broader public, serving as the foremost spokesperson of his generation of scholars, those who came of age after World War II. Geertz, who once considered a career in philosophy, begins by explaining how he got swept into the revolutionary movement of symbolic anthropology. At that point, his work began to encompass not only the ethnography of groups in Southeast Asia and North Africa, but also the study of how meaning is made in all cultures--or, to use his phrase, to explore the "frames of meaning" in which people everywhere live out their lives. His philosophical orientation helped him to establish the role of anthropology within broader intellectual circles and led him to address the work of such leading thinkers as Charles Taylor, Thomas Kuhn, William James, and Jerome Bruner. In this volume, Geertz comments on their work as he explores questions in political philosophy, psychology, and religion that have intrigued him throughout his career but that now hold particular relevance in light of postmodernist thinking and multiculturalism. Available Light offers discussions of concepts such as nation, identity, country, and self, with a reminder that like symbols in general, their meanings are not categorically fixed but grow and change through time and place
The social history of an Indonesian town by
Clifford Geertz(
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30 editions published between 1963 and 1975 in English and held by 860 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
30 editions published between 1963 and 1975 in English and held by 860 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Negara : the theatre state in nineteenth-century Bali by
Clifford Geertz(
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22 editions published between 1980 and 2010 in English and Undetermined and held by 743 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
22 editions published between 1980 and 2010 in English and Undetermined and held by 743 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Kinship in Bali by
Hildred Geertz(
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13 editions published between 1975 and 1989 in 3 languages and held by 733 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
13 editions published between 1975 and 1989 in 3 languages and held by 733 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Myth, symbol, and culture by
Clifford Geertz(
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24 editions published between 1971 and 1974 in English and held by 576 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
24 editions published between 1971 and 1974 in English and held by 576 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Meaning and order in Moroccan society : three essays in cultural analysis by
Clifford Geertz(
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17 editions published between 1969 and 1979 in English and Undetermined and held by 527 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The three essays, independently written and richly armored with tables, figures, and appendices, do not present a common front on Morocco (though at times they tend at least stylistically to appropriate the field). They are all based on intensive anthropological fieldwork in and around a single town, Sefrou, in the foothills of the Middle Atlas mountains. They are united, the authors tell us, by "the view that the systems of meaning, whether highly explicit like Islam or rather less so like hospitality, in terms of which individuals live out their lives constitute what order those lives attain" (p. 6). They are united also-and this constitutes their interest-by a conceptual anguish and a quest for an appropriate set of categories for grasping what to the Westerner appears to be a very elusive, slippery sort of social and cultural reality. -- Review from https://www.jstor.org (Sep. 9, 2016)
17 editions published between 1969 and 1979 in English and Undetermined and held by 527 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The three essays, independently written and richly armored with tables, figures, and appendices, do not present a common front on Morocco (though at times they tend at least stylistically to appropriate the field). They are all based on intensive anthropological fieldwork in and around a single town, Sefrou, in the foothills of the Middle Atlas mountains. They are united, the authors tell us, by "the view that the systems of meaning, whether highly explicit like Islam or rather less so like hospitality, in terms of which individuals live out their lives constitute what order those lives attain" (p. 6). They are united also-and this constitutes their interest-by a conceptual anguish and a quest for an appropriate set of categories for grasping what to the Westerner appears to be a very elusive, slippery sort of social and cultural reality. -- Review from https://www.jstor.org (Sep. 9, 2016)
Dichte Beschreibung : Beiträge zum Verstehen kultureller Systeme by
Clifford Geertz(
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32 editions published between 1983 and 2015 in German and held by 410 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
32 editions published between 1983 and 2015 in German and held by 410 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Life among the anthros and other essays by
Clifford Geertz(
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17 editions published between 2001 and 2012 in English and Undetermined and held by 309 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Clifford Geertz (1926-2006) was perhaps the most influential anthropologist of our time, but his influence extended far beyond his field to encompass all facets of contemporary life. Nowhere were his gifts for directness, humor, and steady revelation more evident than in the pages of the New York Review of Books, where for nearly four decades he shared his acute vision of the world in all its peculiarity. This book brings together the finest of Geertz's review essays from the New York Review along with a representative selection of later pieces written at the height of his powers, some that first appeared in periodicals such as Dissent, others never before published. This collection exemplifies Geertz's extraordinary range of concerns, beginning with his first essay for the Review in 1967, in which he reviews, with muffled hilarity, the anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowski. This book includes Geertz's unflinching meditations on Western academia's encounters with the non-Western world, and on the shifting and clashing places of societies in the world generally. Geertz writes eloquently and arrestingly about such major figures as Gandhi, Foucault, and Genet, and on topics as varied as Islam, globalization, feminism, and the failings of nationalism. Life among the Anthros and Other Essays demonstrates Geertz's uncommon wisdom and consistently keen and hopeful humor, confirming his status as one of our most important and enduring public intellectuals." -- Jacket
17 editions published between 2001 and 2012 in English and Undetermined and held by 309 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Clifford Geertz (1926-2006) was perhaps the most influential anthropologist of our time, but his influence extended far beyond his field to encompass all facets of contemporary life. Nowhere were his gifts for directness, humor, and steady revelation more evident than in the pages of the New York Review of Books, where for nearly four decades he shared his acute vision of the world in all its peculiarity. This book brings together the finest of Geertz's review essays from the New York Review along with a representative selection of later pieces written at the height of his powers, some that first appeared in periodicals such as Dissent, others never before published. This collection exemplifies Geertz's extraordinary range of concerns, beginning with his first essay for the Review in 1967, in which he reviews, with muffled hilarity, the anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowski. This book includes Geertz's unflinching meditations on Western academia's encounters with the non-Western world, and on the shifting and clashing places of societies in the world generally. Geertz writes eloquently and arrestingly about such major figures as Gandhi, Foucault, and Genet, and on topics as varied as Islam, globalization, feminism, and the failings of nationalism. Life among the Anthros and Other Essays demonstrates Geertz's uncommon wisdom and consistently keen and hopeful humor, confirming his status as one of our most important and enduring public intellectuals." -- Jacket
Clifford Geertz by his colleagues(
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4 editions published in 2005 in English and held by 299 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
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
4 editions published in 2005 in English and held by 299 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
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
Person, time, and conduct in Bali: an essay in cultural analysis by
Clifford Geertz(
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17 editions published between 1966 and 1993 in English and held by 281 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
17 editions published between 1966 and 1993 in English and held by 281 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
La interpretación de las culturas by
Clifford Geertz(
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28 editions published between 1981 and 2006 in Spanish and Undetermined and held by 146 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A diferencia del enfoque tradicional de la antropología, que se regía por el estilo de trabajo de las ciencias naturales, Geertz propone una antropología más cercana a las ciencias humanas, cuya terea principal no es medir y clasificar, sino interpretar
28 editions published between 1981 and 2006 in Spanish and Undetermined and held by 146 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A diferencia del enfoque tradicional de la antropología, que se regía por el estilo de trabajo de las ciencias naturales, Geertz propone una antropología más cercana a las ciencias humanas, cuya terea principal no es medir y clasificar, sino interpretar
Interpretazione di culture by
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14 editions published between 1987 and 2008 in Italian and held by 109 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Questo volume ormai classico consente di apprezzare appieno la vastità degli interessi e la ricchezza dell'esperienza maturata da Geertz in lunghi anni di indagine sul campo, e si pone come punto di riferimento imprescindibile per quanti si interrogano sul significato della ricerca antropologica. Che si tratti dell'elaborazione di un sofisticato discorso teorico, o dell'elegante discussione di casi, Geertz si richiama a un concetto di cultura interdipendente rispetto alla struttura sociale, e mette al centro della propria riflessione il ruolo del pensiero - delle forme simboliche, dei significati "intersoggettivi" - nella società e nella costruzione dell'azione sociale. Un approccio che lo ha portato a intendere il lavoro dell'antropologo in termini non tanti di osservazione quanto di interpretazione dei fatti, siano essi religiosi, artistici, politici o economici. Così, le cerimonie funebri giavanesi, i combattimenti di galli sull'isola di Bali - di cui, in un appassionante resoconto, si illumina il senso etnografico - diventano terreno di applicazione privilegiato di questa originale teoria interpretativa della cultura
14 editions published between 1987 and 2008 in Italian and held by 109 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Questo volume ormai classico consente di apprezzare appieno la vastità degli interessi e la ricchezza dell'esperienza maturata da Geertz in lunghi anni di indagine sul campo, e si pone come punto di riferimento imprescindibile per quanti si interrogano sul significato della ricerca antropologica. Che si tratti dell'elaborazione di un sofisticato discorso teorico, o dell'elegante discussione di casi, Geertz si richiama a un concetto di cultura interdipendente rispetto alla struttura sociale, e mette al centro della propria riflessione il ruolo del pensiero - delle forme simboliche, dei significati "intersoggettivi" - nella società e nella costruzione dell'azione sociale. Un approccio che lo ha portato a intendere il lavoro dell'antropologo in termini non tanti di osservazione quanto di interpretazione dei fatti, siano essi religiosi, artistici, politici o economici. Così, le cerimonie funebri giavanesi, i combattimenti di galli sull'isola di Bali - di cui, in un appassionante resoconto, si illumina il senso etnografico - diventano terreno di applicazione privilegiato di questa originale teoria interpretativa della cultura
El surgimiento de la antropología posmoderna by
Clifford Geertz(
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17 editions published between 1991 and 2008 in Spanish and held by 105 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Hace unos años, por iniciativa de Clifford Geertz, la antropología volvió a trascender sus fronteras para buscar un intercambio con otros ámbitos de la actividad intelectual, no necesariamente científicos. Expansiones parecidas se habían manifestado pocas veces, al impulso de importantes giros e inflexiones en el pensamiento: con Malinowski, en la querella alrededor de Edipo, con Lévi-Strauss y el estructuralismo, acaso también con Margaret Mead. Hoy somos testigos de una circunstancia casi opuesta en la que una ciencia, hasta hace poco dotada de la seducción de lo exótico, se precipita en lo que ha dado en llamarse la condición posmoderna. Esta compilación documenta el surgimiento de una antropología cada vez más consciente de que los colapsos que anticipa la idea misma de posmodernidad involucran también su propia caída. No es sólo la antropología la que se encuentra ante la amenaza de un vacío interior. Habrá sin duda un arrastre en cadena, porque otros espacios del saber (el psicoanálisis, la crítica cultural, el feminismo) se habían acostumbrado a confiar en una ciencia a la que creían fuerte. Los textos polémicos que aquí se presentan se escalonan en una serie que comienza con el proyecto (premonitoriamente débil) de erigir una ciencia interpretativa; el tránsito a la antropología posmoderna parece inexorable. Se trata, para algunos, de los primeros pasos, hacia una honda transformación científica; para otros, en cambio, tenemos ante los ojos el testimonio de la muerte de una ciencia
17 editions published between 1991 and 2008 in Spanish and held by 105 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Hace unos años, por iniciativa de Clifford Geertz, la antropología volvió a trascender sus fronteras para buscar un intercambio con otros ámbitos de la actividad intelectual, no necesariamente científicos. Expansiones parecidas se habían manifestado pocas veces, al impulso de importantes giros e inflexiones en el pensamiento: con Malinowski, en la querella alrededor de Edipo, con Lévi-Strauss y el estructuralismo, acaso también con Margaret Mead. Hoy somos testigos de una circunstancia casi opuesta en la que una ciencia, hasta hace poco dotada de la seducción de lo exótico, se precipita en lo que ha dado en llamarse la condición posmoderna. Esta compilación documenta el surgimiento de una antropología cada vez más consciente de que los colapsos que anticipa la idea misma de posmodernidad involucran también su propia caída. No es sólo la antropología la que se encuentra ante la amenaza de un vacío interior. Habrá sin duda un arrastre en cadena, porque otros espacios del saber (el psicoanálisis, la crítica cultural, el feminismo) se habían acostumbrado a confiar en una ciencia a la que creían fuerte. Los textos polémicos que aquí se presentan se escalonan en una serie que comienza con el proyecto (premonitoriamente débil) de erigir una ciencia interpretativa; el tránsito a la antropología posmoderna parece inexorable. Se trata, para algunos, de los primeros pasos, hacia una honda transformación científica; para otros, en cambio, tenemos ante los ojos el testimonio de la muerte de una ciencia
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Related Identities
- Inglis, Fred Author Editor
- Geertz, Hildred Author
- University of Chicago Committee for the Comparative Study of New Nations
- Hyman, Paul Other Photographer
- Majbroda, Katarzyna Author
- Rosen, Lawrence 1941-
- Ortner, Sherry B. 1941- Other Editor
- Shweder, Richard A. Editor
- Rabinow, Paul Author
- Good, Byron Editor
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Africa Anthropologists Anthropology Anthropology--Fieldwork Anthropology--Philosophy Anthropology--Research Asia Civilization Cultural pluralism Culture Culture--Philosophy Culture--Research Economic development Economic history Ethnologists Ethnology Ethnology--Authorship Ethnology--Philosophy Foucault, Michel, Freud, Sigmund, Fries, Jakob Friedrich, Geertz, Clifford Hyman, Paul Indonesia Indonesia--Bali Island Indonesia--Java Indonesia--Mojokerto (Kabupaten) Indonesia--Tabanan (Kabupaten) Interdisciplinary research Interpersonal relations Islam Kant, Immanuel, Kinship Lévi-Strauss, Claude Manners and customs Morocco Morocco--Sefrou Newly independent states Philosophy Politics and government Religion Religion--Philosophy Religion--Study and teaching Social conditions Social sciences--Research--Methodology Stark, Rodney Symbolic anthropology Symbolism United States Weber, Max,
Alternative Names
Clifford Geertz Amerikaans antropoloog (1926-2006)
Clifford Geertz antropolog amerykański
Clifford Geertz antropologo statunitense
Clifford Geertz nhà nhân loại học/dân tộc học người Mỹ
Clifford Geertz US-amerikanischer Anthropologe
Geerts, Clifford 1926-2006
Geertz Clifford
Geertz, Clifford 1926-2006
Geertz, Clifford C.
Geertz Clifford C. 1926-2006
Geertz, Clifford James
Geertz, Clifford James 1926-2006
Gīrcs, Klifords 1926-2006
Κλίφορντ Γκερτζ
Клифорд Гирц
Клиффорд Гирц
Клифърд Гиърц
Кліфорд Ґірц
גירץ, קליפורד
גירץ, קליפורד 1926-2006
קליפורד גירץ
كليفورد جيرتز
کلیفورد گیرتز
ক্লিফোর্ড গার্টস
기어츠, 클리퍼드
기어츠, 클리퍼드 1926-2006
기어츠, 클리포드 1926-2006
ギーアツ, C
ギアーツ, クリフォード
クリフォード・ギアツ
克利弗德·紀爾茲
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