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Clifford Geertz

The Protean Self

Andrew Beatty

192 pages, bibliog., 5 illus.

ISBN  978-1-80768-116-6 $120.00/£92.00 / Hb / Not Yet Published (March 2027)


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This is a superb and authoritative study of Geertz’s writings, his fieldwork and his contributions to anthropology and allied disciplines. It provides a fresh take on anthropology's premier writer and leading theorist of culture, presenting Geertz in a new light as essayist and imaginer of possible worlds. Readers will learn much about anthropology, fieldwork, and the art of ethnography.A pleasure to read, the writing is clear, stylish, and often witty. Geertz has been well served. — Eric Hirsch, Brunel University

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In a series of dazzling essays and immersive ethnographies, Clifford Geertz wrought a gentle revolution in fieldwork and anthropological writing. Drawing on sociology, philosophy, and literary criticism, he fashioned a unique and compelling approach: humanistic, liberal, richly detailed, and aesthetically alive, repositioning anthropology as a key discipline in the contemporary world. Tracing his development across half a century, and assessing his controversial legacy today, this book captures what made Geertz seminal to thinkers as different as Keith Thomas, Jerome Bruner, and Stephen Greenblatt. Through close readings, it shows why he remains both a stimulus for anthropology and a vital resource for contemporary thought.

Subject: Anthropology (General)


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