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Clifford Geertz
American anthropologist (–)
Clifford Geertz | |
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| Born | ()August 23, San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Died | October 30, () (aged&#;80) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Known&#;for | Thick description Epochalism |
| Spouse | Hildred Geertz &#; &#; (m.&#;; div.&#;)&#; |
| Alma mater | Antioch College (BA) Harvard University (PhD) |
| Thesis | Religion in Modjokuto: A Study of Ritual Belief In A Complex Society&#;() |
| Doctoral advisor | Talcott Parsons |
| Influences | Talcott Parsons, Gilbert Ryle, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Max Weber, Paul Ricoeur, Alfred Schütz, Susanne Langer[1] |
| Discipline | Anthropology |
| School or tradition | Symbolic anthropology, Interpretive anthropology |
| Institutions | University of Chicago Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey |
| Doctoral students | Lawrence Rosen, Sherry Ortner, Paul Rabinow |
| Influenced | Stephen Greenblatt, Quentin Skinner |
Clifford James Geertz (; Augus