Alexander, Jeffrey C. <br/><br/>
Interpreting Clifford Geertz :  Cultural Investigation in the Social Sciences / 
Edited by Jeffrey C Alexander; Philip Smith; Matthew Norton; Peter Brooks. 
 - First edition 
 - New York :  Palgrave Macmillan,  2011. 
 - xiv, 216 pages ;  25 cm. 
 - Cultural sociology .
<br/><br/> To the memory of David Apter 
<br/><br/>Index pp. 213-216 
<br/><br/>Cont.: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Clifford Geertz; J.Alexander & P.Smith PART I: GEERTZ, TEXT AND STRUCTURE Semiotics AND Thick Description; P.Brooks Balinese Cockfight Decoded; P.Smith On Not Doing Systems; J.Errington PART II: GEERTZ, INTERPRETATION AND MEANING Geertzian Irony; G.Warnke Clifford Geertz and the Strong Program; J.Alexander Maximal Interpretation in Clifford Geertz and the Strong Program; I.Reed Thick Description as a Cosmopolitan Practice; P.Lichterman 'Malarial and Diffident'; R.Wagner-Pacifici PART III: GEERTZ AND THE DISCIPLINES Thick Description, Thin History; S.Clark Scientific Cultures; P.Galison Geertz's Legacy Beyond the Modes of Cultural Analysis of His Time; G.Marcus 'To locate in the tenor of their setting the sources of their spell'; M.Trondman Ritual, Power, and Style; B.Giesen PART IV: GEERTZ, LIFE, AND WORK Clifford Geertz as a Cultural System; D.Apter On Clifford Geertz; R.Darnton The Geertz Effect; M.Norton 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>978-0-230-11171-4 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Geertz, Clifford 1926-2006 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Social sciences--Research--Methodology<br/>Anthropology