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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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Auteur principal: Geertz, Clifford (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, 2000.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé: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 foremost spokesperson of his generation of scholars, those who came of age after World War II. His reflections are written in a style that both entertains and disconcerts, as they engage us in topics ranging from moral relativism to the relationship between cultural and psychological differences, from the.
Description:Articles previously published chiefly 1983-1999.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (288 pages).
ISBN:9781400823406