KnowraClifford GeertzLinked fromLinked fromThe 9 pages that link to Clifford Geertz, each with the reason it gives.All 9Broader topic 2Related 5Compared with 2Thick descriptionRelated: Geertz developed the approach as a model for interpreting culture.Interpretive anthropologyBroader topic: He made interpretive anthropology influential through essays such as “Thick Description” and studies of Indonesian and Moroccan life.Historical anthropologyRelated: His interpretive anthropology supplied influential tools for analyzing historical symbols and practices.Symbolic anthropologyBroader topic: His essays made culture-as-text and thick description central to symbolic anthropology.Marvin HarrisCompared with: Geertz’s emphasis on symbolic interpretation contrasts with Harris’s causal materialism.Lila Abu-LughodRelated: Her ethnographic attention to meaning develops within anthropology's interpretive tradition.Arjun AppaduraiRelated: Geertz’s interpretive approach provides an influential anthropological backdrop to Appadurai’s cultural analysis.James C. ScottRelated: Geertz’s interpretive anthropology shaped the intellectual setting in which Scott studied rural societies.Melford SpiroCompared with: Geertz’s symbolic interpretation contrasts with Spiro’s emphasis on psychological motives and explanation.