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Available light : anthropological reflections on philosophical topics /

Clifford Geertz, one of the most influential thinkers of our time, here discusses some of the most urgent issues facing intellectuals today. In this collection of personal and revealing essays, he explores the nature of his anthropological work in relation to a broader public, serving as the foremos...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Geertz, Clifford (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2000.
Colección:Anthropology online.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; I. Passage and Accident: A Life of Learning; II. Thinking as a Moral Act: Ethical Dimensions of Anthropological Fieldwork in the New States; III. Anti Anti-Relativism; IV. The Uses of Diversity; V. The State of the Art; VI. The Strange Estrangement: Charles Taylor and the Natural Sciences; VII. The Legacy of Thomas Kuhn: The Right Text at the Right Time; VIII. The Pinch of Destiny: Religion as Experience, Meaning, Identity, Power; IX. Imbalancing Act: Jerome Bruner's Cultural Psychology; X. Culture, Mind, Brain / Brain, Mind, Culture.