Clifford Geertz by His Colleagues

Clifford Geertz is the most influential American anthropologist of the past four decades. His writings have defined and given character to the intellectual agenda of a meaning-centered, nonreductive interpretive social science and have provoked much excitement and debate about the nature of human understanding. As part of its centennial celebration, the American Anthropological Association sponsored a presidential session honoring Geertz.Clifford Geertz by His Colleaguescompiles the twelve speeches given by a distinguished panel of social scientists along with a concluding piece by Geertz in which he responds to each speaker and reflects on his own career. These edited speeches cover a broad range of topics, including Geertz's views on morality, cultural critique, interpretivism, time and change, Islam, and violence. A fitting tribute to one of the great thinkers of our age, this collection will be enjoyed by anthropologists as well as students of psychology, history, and philosophy.Geertz, Clifford is the author of 'Clifford Geertz by His Colleagues', published 2005 under ISBN 9780226756103 and ISBN 0226756106.