{"title":"Clifford Geertz","description":"\u003cp\u003eClifford Geertz's works offer profound insights into the complexities of culture and society, blending anthropological theory with vivid ethnographic detail. Readers can explore themes such as symbolism, rituals, and the intricate dynamics of marketplaces, all grounded in a deep understanding of cultural meaning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eRooted in \u003cem\u003eArts \u0026amp; Culture\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eEducation \u0026amp; Reference\u003c\/em\u003e, Geertz's books serve as essential texts for those interested in interpreting human behaviour through nuanced, thoughtful analysis. His writing invites reflection on how culture shapes and is shaped by social life.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"suq-geertz-on-the-market-by-lawrence-rosen-9781912808984","title":"Suq – Geertz on the Market","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA formative ethnography of the relationship between markets and social life, back in print.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1979, Clifford Geertz’s essay on the Moroccan bazaar is a classic ethnographic account of the interplay of economic, social, and religious lives in the bustle of transaction. Drawing on years of fieldwork in the Middle Atlas town of Sefrou, Geertz explores how actors from diverse backgrounds assess the worth and meaning of other people’s wares, words, and ways of doing business.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHe shows how the search for market information, so central to the theorisation of markets by economists, is here based on careful appraisals of social relations, embedded in understandings of the broader institutional environment of the market town and its hinterlands. With a richness of insights procured for generations of readers, Geertz’s essay on the \u003ci\u003esūq\u003c\/i\u003e is a model of and for the craft of ethnographic theory.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLong out of print, it is republished here in a stand-alone edition introduced by Lawrence Rosen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47487552487660,"sku":"9781912808984","price":66.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/cb86b972fc867e5bc44c762c24715017.jpg?v=1775774351"},{"product_id":"negara-by-clifford-geertz-9780691007786","title":"Negara","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCombining great learning, interpretative originality, analytical sensitivity, and a charismatic prose style, Clifford Geertz has produced a lasting body of work with influence throughout the humanities and social sciences, and remains the foremost anthropologist in America. His 1980 book \u003cem\u003eNegara\u003c\/em\u003e analysed the social organisation of Bali before it was colonised by the Dutch in 1906.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHere Geertz applied his widely influential method of cultural interpretation to the myths, ceremonies, rituals, and symbols of a precolonial state. He found that the nineteenth-century Balinese state defied easy conceptualisation by the familiar models of political theory and the standard Western approaches to understanding politics. \u003cem\u003eNegara\u003c\/em\u003e means \"country\" or \"seat of political authority\" in Indonesian. In Bali, Geertz found \u003cem\u003enegara\u003c\/em\u003e to be a \"theatre state,\" governed by rituals and symbols rather than by force.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Balinese state did not specialise in tyranny, conquest, or effective administration. Instead, it emphasised spectacle. The elaborate ceremonies and productions the state created were \"not means to political ends: they were the ends themselves, they were what the state was for...Power served pomp, not pomp power.\" Geertz argued more forcefully in \u003cem\u003eNegara\u003c\/em\u003e than in any of his other books for the fundamental importance of the culture of politics to a society.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMuch of Geertz's previous work—including his world-famous essay on the Balinese cockfight—can be seen as leading up to the full portrait of the \"poetics of power\" that \u003cem\u003eNegara\u003c\/em\u003e so vividly depicts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47597308248300,"sku":"9780691007786","price":113.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/adbcada7a6994007f7270d9441b968aa.jpg?v=1777954290"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/clifford-geertz.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}