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Local Knowledge: Further Essays in Interpretive Anthropology

Clifford Geertz

In essays covering everything from art and common sense to charisma and constructions of the self, the eminent cultural anthropologist deepens our understanding of human societies through the intimacies of "local knowledge."

Book Details

  • Publisher: Basic Books
  • Publish Date: Mar 11st, 1985
  • Pages: 256
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - 0003
  • Dimensions: 8.02in - 5.14in - 0.61in - 0.61lb
  • EAN: 9780465041626
  • Categories: Anthropology - Cultural & Social

About the Author

Clifford Geertz, the author of many books, is Harold F. Linder Professor of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey.