clifford geertz the interpretation of cultures summary

When looking at Geertz and his work, it cannot be done without discussing his idea of ‘thick description’. He wanted to really understand what culture was all about and what it really meant, and when he had discovered this meaning he wanted to share it with the rest of the world. He did not believe that there was such thing as social facts, so therefore we will see that Anthropology he understood as a way of interpreting people, by looking at things such as symbolism. Clifford Geertz was a man who believed that Anthropology should not be recognised as a factual science but as an interpretive science. What Geertz was trying to do by looking at symbolism was trying to break down the complexity of meanings within cultures.

Geertz also took the idea of theory and came up with new ideas to develop it further. When looking at Geertz’s ideas and theories in Anthropology, some of these ideas and theories will include his theories on the web of relations and symbolism. In this essay, I will be discussing Geertz’s contributions to anthropology, and what I have interpreted these contributions as myself. How would you summarize Clifford Geertz’s contribution to the field of anthropology? Clifford Geertz I have chosen this essay on Geertz, as the information I received in class I found interesting and wanted to elaborate on the knowledge I already had.

Clifford Geertz – Interpretive Anthropology Short Summary

Clifford geertz the interpretation of cultures summary