We should be grateful that Clifford Geertz chose anthropology. Described as the single most influential anthropologist of recent times, he resisted reductionism and chose meaning-centred analysis. Clifford Geertz by His Colleagues (University of Chicago Press, 拢10.50) is a great twist on the Festschrift: here, the tributes to him receive a reply from him.
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