Available Light: Anthropological Reflections on Philosophical Topics

by Clifford Geertz

Book Overview

Clifford Geertz, one of the most influential thinkers of our time, here discusses some of the most urgent issues facing intellectuals today. In this collection of personal and revealing essays, he explores the nature of his anthropological work in relation to a broader public, serving as the foremost spokesperson of his generation of scholars, those who came of age after World War II. His reflections are written in a style that both entertains...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691089566
• ISBN13: 9780691089560
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.3"