Interpreting the Interpreter
Geertz and his Field of Anthropology
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10828889 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jonathan Lieberson (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1985 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 383-389 |
| Publication date | 1985-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Theology Today (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0040-5736 • E-ISSN: 2044-2556 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/004057368504100403 |
| OpenAlex | W1969142158 |
| Language | EN |
If Geertz is not a “relativist” (as this term is sometimes used), his pluralism, his appreciation of differences, contrasts, conflict, among cultures is refined to an unusual degree, so that at times he seems almost to be on the lookout for them.... As he wrote some years ago, “the essential vocation of interpretive anthropology is not to answer our deepest questions, but to make available to us answers that others ... have given.”
Cultural relativism · Epistemology · Field (mathematics) · Interpreter · Pluralism (philosophy) · Political science · Relativism · Sociology · Anthropology · Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare · Law · Mathematics · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |