Local Knowledge by Clifford Geertz
Further Essays in Interpretive Anthropology
A collection of essays that advances interpretive anthropology by arguing that human societies are best understood through the locally situated meanings embedded in symbols, rituals, and everyday practices. It examines how law, art, common sense, and science are culturally constructed, critiques universal theories that ignore context, and frames social inquiry as a form of translation between forms of life. Emphasizing blurred boundaries among disciplines and an anti–anti-relativist stance, it contends that knowledge is partial, context-bound, and grasped through thick description rather than universal laws.
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- 1983
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- American
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- 244-256
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- English
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