Local Knowledge: Further Essays in Interpretive Anthropology

By Clifford Geertz

Book Overview

In essays covering everything from art and common sense to charisma and constructions of the self, the eminent cultural anthropologist and author of The Interpretation of Cultures deepens our understanding of human societies through the intimacies of "local knowledge." A companion volume to The Interpretation of Cultures, this book continues Geertz's exploration of the meaning of culture and the importance of shared cultural symbolism. With a new introduction by the author.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0465041620
• ISBN13: 9780465041626
• Release Date: March 1985
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.1" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Still more interpretive tools

Cultural scholarship has grown to depend upon people like Clifford Geertz for the conceptual tools required for such studies. Representations, events, societies, individuals, institutions, economies, material practices, et al, interact with such a degree of complexity that conceptual tools and methods, such as those discussed in these essays, allow anyone interested in exploring the meaning of culture the opportunity to ride the avalanche of symbols which both clarify and confuse that meaning.

Dense description

This is composisted of short essays after he published the excellent masterpiece, "The interpritation of culture". It is not easy reading because of his writing style. However, it makes more sense to understand what is Anthropology and how undrstand culture.