ISBN:
9780691156255
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9781400834549 (Sekundärausgabe)
Language:
English
Pages:
281 p.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Online-Ressource ISBN 9781400834549
Edition:
[Online-Ausg.]
DDC:
301.01
Keywords:
Online-Publikation
Abstract:
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 pow...
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Online-Ausg.:
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