What is Clifford Geertz?
{{Infobox scientist |name = Clifford Geertz |image = |birth_date = {{Birth date|1926|8|23}} |birth_place = [[San Francisco]], [[California]] |death_date = {{Death date and age|2006|10|30|1926|8|23}} |death_place = [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]] |residence = |citizenship = |nationality = [[United States|American]] |field = [[Anthropology]] |work_institutions = [[University of Chicago]] [[Institute for Advanced Study]], [[Princeton, New Jersey]] |alma_mater = [[Antioch College]] (B.A.)<br/>[[Harvard University]] (Ph.D.) |known_for = [[Thick description]] |influences = [[Talcott Parsons]], [[Gilbert Ryle]], [[Ludwig Wittgenstein]], [[Max Weber]], [[Paul Ricoeur]], [[Alfred Schütz]] |influenced = [[Stephen Greenblatt]], [[Quentin Skinner]] |doctoral_advisor = [[Talcott Parsons]] |doctoral_students = [[George E. Marcus]], [[Lawrence Rosen (anthropologist)|Lawrence Rosen]], [[Sherry Ortner]], [[Paul Rabinow]] }} '''Clifford James Geertz''' (August 23, 1926 – October 30, 2006) was an [[Americans|American]] [[anthropologist]]. He is known for his strong support for and influence on the practice of [[symbolic anthropology]]. He was considered for 30 years one of the most important cultural anthropologists in the United States.<ref>Geertz, Clifford, Shweder, R. A., & Good, B. (2005). Clifford Geertz by his colleagues. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.</ref> He was also a [[emeritus|retired professor]] or ''emeritus'' at the [[Institute for Advanced Study]], [[Princeton, New Jersey|Princeton]], until his death. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [https://hypergeertz.jku.at HyperGeertz@WorldCatalogue] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421212339/https://hypergeertz.jku.at/ |date=2021-04-21 }} An All-Inclusive Documentation of All Works by Clifford Geertz in All Languages * [http://www.alanmacfarlane.com/ancestors/geertz.htm Interview of Clifford Geertz] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archi