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Clifford James Geertz (/ ɡ ɜːr t s / ⓘ; August 23, 1926 – October 30, 2006) was an American anthropologist who is remembered mostly for his strong support for and influence on the practice of symbolic anthropology and who was considered "for three decades... the single most influential cultural anthropologist in the United States."
Clifford Geertz (born Aug. 23, 1926, San Francisco, Calif., U.S.—died Oct. 30, 2006, Philadelphia, Pa.) was an American cultural anthropologist, a leading rhetorician and proponent of symbolic anthropology and interpretive anthropology.
Mar 9, 2023 · One of the pioneers in this field is Clifford Geertz, a renowned American anthropologist who popularized the concept of “thick description.”. This approach aims to provide a detailed analysis of cultural practices and symbols by looking beyond surface-level observations.
Feb 8, 2020 · Anthropologist Clifford Geertz (1926–2006) is a well-known name within Religion Studies for his understanding of religion as a “cultural system.” This he articulated in his essay Religion as a Cultural System (1966), which examined anthropological approaches to religion.
Clifford Geertz, an eminent scholar in the field of cultural anthropology, was the first and founding professor in the School of Social Science. He served on the faculty from 1970 to 2006.
Home. Clifford Geertz: Work and Legacy. Early in his career, Geertz critiqued the scientific models widely used in the social sciences. He rejected the causal determinism that so often passed for explanation and instead embraced hermeneutics.
Jan 11, 2012 · Clifford Geertz (b. 1926–d. 2006) has had a tremendous impact on cultural anthropology and, more generally, all of the social sciences and humanities. In particular, Geertz is associated with heralding the “interpretive turn” in anthropology and steering the discipline, or the sociocultural part of it at least, away from research designs ...
Clifford Geertz, an eminent scholar in the field of cultural anthropology, was the first and founding professor in the School of Social Science. He served on the faculty from 1970 to 2006.
Nov 3, 2006 · To describe Clifford Geertz, professor emeritus at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, who died on Monday, October 30, 2006, at the age of 80, merely as an anthropologist, is like describing Leonardo da Vinci just as a painter.
Anthropologist. Born August 23, 1926 （aged66) Professor Clifford Geertz is a leading anthropologist of the world. He advocated a unique interpretative anthropology as he developed the cultural analysis based on his field work in Indonesia.
