
Clifford Geertz, in his 1973 Interpretation of Cultures, brought about an epistemological revolution unprecedented since L vi-Strauss's structuralism. In place of L vi-Strauss's deep structures, Geertz placed "deep meanings" and "thick descriptions," in a synthesis of the...

Clifford Geertz, in his 1973 Interpretation of Cultures, brought about an epistemological revolution unprecedented since L vi-Strauss's structuralism. In place of L vi-Strauss's deep structures, Geertz placed "deep meanings" and "thick descriptions," in a synthesis of the...