Local knowledge basic books classics geertz, clifford on. This cited by count includes citations to the following articles in scholar. O senso comum como sistema cultural clifford geertz. He served until his death as professor emeritus at the. Clifford geertz american anthropologist britannica.
Clifford geertz, american cultural anthropologist, a leading rhetorician and proponent of symbolic anthropology and interpretive anthropology. Common sense as a cultural system by clifford geertz very early on in that album of notional games and abrupt metaphors he called philosophical investigations, wittgenstein compares language to a city. Download o saber local novos ensaios em antropologia. Do not be troubled by the fact that some reduced languages he has just invented for didactic purposes consist only of imperatives. O saber local, novos estudos em antropologia interpretativa, petropolis, vozes, 1997. Geertz, clifford, o senso comum como sistema cultural. Geertz the uses of diversity 255 strauss, incorrigible, read his entire text, apparently at high speed, in the time left. Scribd is the worlds largest social reading and publishing site. Partly as a response to earlier anthropological schools like functionalism, structuralism, evolutionism who undermined the cultural aspect, and partly resorting to parsonian understanding. He served until his death as professor emeritus at the institute for advanced study, princeton. 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. However, a brief summary of his views of these topics will be helpful in grasping the overall signi. The interpretation of cultures selected essays by clifford geertz basic books, inc. Department of anthropology, northwestern university, evanston, il, usa this paper considers the conceptual, ethnographic, ethical, and methodological implications of.
Pdf on jan 1, 1998, fraya frehse and others published o saber local. Navy in world war ii 194345, geertz studied at antioch college, ohio b. Seguidores labels resenha seguidores 16 escrita 1 captulo 8 o saber local. Clifford geertz revolutionized the concept of culture by not only prioritizing it over the concept of social structure for the anthropological inquiry, but also by defining it as a symbolic system 17. O saber local novos ensaios em antropologia interpretativa col. An analytic overview clifford geertzs book, local knowledge. The uses diversity tanner lectures on human values. Geertzs influence is summed up by anthropologist sherry ortner, in the introduction to the fate of culture. The ones marked may be different from the article in the profile. Clifford geertz 1926present is best known for his ethnographic studies of javanese culture java is an indonesian island south of borneo and for his writings about the interpretation of culture. Geertzs discussion of culture itself, rather than his discussion of ethnography as a method and cultural theory more broadly. A companion volume to the interpretation of cultures, this book continues geertzs exploration of the. August 23, 1926 october 30, 2006 was an american anthropologist who is remembered mostly for his strong support for and influence on the practice of symbolic anthropology, and who was considered for three decades. Clifford geertz is one of the foremost figures in the reconfiguration of the boundary between the social sciences and the humanities for the second half of the twentieth century.