Local knowledge

Author: (American) Clifford Geertz, translated by Wang Hailong and Zhang Jiayuan
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Publishing Date: 2004-09-01
Features: Clifford Geertz is a renowned American cultural anthropologist. His collected essays, Local Knowledge, have had a profound impact on Western cultural theory and are considered a classic and theoretical model. He is also known as the master and pioneer of interpretive anthropology, as well as a groundbreaking theoretical master. The title Local Knowledge aims to convey the specificity, penetrability, and interpretive nature of cognition. As a work from Geertz's mature period, this collection of essays primarily gathers articles that address three aspects of his propositions: first, those with strong symbolic significance and relatively deep cultural cognitive implications; second, those that explore depth and stratification to demonstrate the strengths of interpretive analysis and argumentation; and third, those that reflect his theoretical elaboration and further development of his prized strength—in-depth description.