Clifford Geertz

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American anthropologist academic anthropologist human

Clifford Geertz was an influential American anthropologist known for his interpretive approach to culture and his concept of "thick description" in the study of symbols and meaning.

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instanceOf American anthropologist ⓘ
academic ⓘ
anthropologist ⓘ
human ⓘ
academicDegree Bachelor of Arts ⓘ
PhD in anthropology ⓘ
awardReceived National Book Critics Circle Award ⓘ
surface form: National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism
birthDate 1926-08-23 ⓘ
birthPlace San Francisco, California, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: San Francisco, California, United States
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 2006-10-30 ⓘ
deathPlace Philadelphia ⓘ
surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
educatedAt Antioch College ⓘ
Harvard University ⓘ
employer Institute for Advanced Study ⓘ
University of Chicago ⓘ
familyName Clifford Geertz self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Geertz
fieldOfWork cultural anthropology ⓘ
interpretive anthropology ⓘ
symbolic anthropology ⓘ
genre anthropological theory ⓘ
ethnography ⓘ
givenName Clifford ⓘ
influenced interpretive social science ⓘ
symbolic anthropology ⓘ
influencedBy Gilbert Ryle ⓘ
Max Weber ⓘ
knownFor analysis of symbols and meaning ⓘ
book "Islam Observed" ⓘ
book "Local Knowledge" ⓘ
book "Negara: The Theatre State in Nineteenth-Century Bali" ⓘ
book "The Interpretation of Cultures" ⓘ
book "The Religion of Java" ⓘ
concept of thick description ⓘ
essay "Deep Play: Notes on the Balinese Cockfight" ⓘ
interpretive approach to culture ⓘ
study of Balinese culture ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
name Clifford Geertz self-link ⓘ
notableConcept culture as text ⓘ
thick description ⓘ
researchInterest culture ⓘ
ethnography ⓘ
interpretation of meaning ⓘ
religion ⓘ
symbolism ⓘ
spouse Hildred Geertz ⓘ
workLocation Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
Princeton, New Jersey, United States ⓘ

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Ernst Cassirer → influenced → Clifford Geertz ⓘ
Huxley Memorial Medal → notableRecipient → Clifford Geertz ⓘ
Clifford Geertz → name → Clifford Geertz self-link ⓘ
Clifford Geertz → familyName → Clifford Geertz self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Geertz
Farrar, Straus and Giroux → hasPublished → Clifford Geertz ⓘ
The New Historicism → influencedBy → Clifford Geertz ⓘ
subject surface form: New Historicism