Life among the anthros and other essays / Clifford Geertz ; edited by Fred Inglis.

Author/creator Geertz, Clifford
Other author Inglis, Fred.
Format Book
Publication InfoPrinceton : Princeton University Press, ©2010.
Description272 pages ; 25 cm
Subjects
Anthropology--Philosophy.
Anthropology--Research.
Anthropology--Fieldwork.

Contents Introduction : the comic vision of Clifford Geertz -- On Malinowski -- On Gandhi -- On Foucault -- On Genet -- Ethnography in China -- In search of North Africa -- Mysteries of Islam -- The last Arab Jews -- House painting : Toutes directions -- On feminism -- Indonesia : starting over -- On the devastation of the Amazon -- Which way to Mecca? pt. 1 -- Which way to Mecca? pt. 2 -- On the state of the world -- The Near East in the Far East -- An inconstant profession -- What is a state if it is not sovereign? -- Shifting aims, moving targets -- What was the Third World revolution?
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2009043977
ISBN9780691143583 (alk. paper)
ISBN0691143587 (alk. paper)