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The Interpretation of Cultures: Selected Essays.

Colson, Elizabeth, Geertz, Clifford·1975·Contemporary Sociology

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Part I * Thick Description: Toward an Interpretive Theory of Culture Part II * The Impact of the Concept of Culture on the Concept of Man * The Growth of Culture and the Evolution of Mind Part III * Religion As a Cultural System * Ethos, World View, and the Analysis of Sacred Symbols * Ritual and Social Change: A Javanese Example * Internal Conversion in Contemporary Bali Part IV * Ideology As a Cultural System * After the Revolution: The Fate of Nationalism in the New States * The Integrative Revolution: Primordial Sentiments and Civil Politics in the New States * The Politics of Meaning * Politics Past, Politics Present: Some Notes on the Uses of Anthropology in Understanding the New States PART V * The Cerebral Savage: On the Work of Claude Lvi-Strauss * Person, Time, and Conduct in Bali * Deep Play: Notes on the Balinese Cockfight

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Authors
Colson, E., & Geertz, C.
Venue
Contemporary Sociology
Published
1975-11
Volume
4
Issue
6
Pages
637
ISSN
0094-3061 (ISSN-L)
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W2064468954
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11.01
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journal article
Language
en
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