The interpretation of cultures: Selected essays

@inproceedings{Geertz1975TheIO,
  title={The interpretation of cultures: Selected essays},
  author={Clifford Geertz},
  year={1975}
}
Part I * Thick Description: Toward an Interpretive Theory of Culture Part II * The Impact of the Concept of Culture on the Concept of Man * The Growth of Culture and the Evolution of Mind Part III * Religion As a Cultural System * Ethos, World View, and the Analysis of Sacred Symbols * Ritual and Social Change: A Javanese Example * Internal Conversion in Contemporary Bali Part IV * Ideology As a Cultural System * After the Revolution: The Fate of Nationalism in the New States * The Integrative… 
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