“It is not against a body of uninterpreted data, radically thinned descriptions, that we must measure the cogency of our explications, but against the power of the scientific imagination to bring us into touch with the lives of strangers.”

About Clifford Geertz

Anthropologist • American

Clifford Geertz was a renowned American anthropologist who became a leading figure in symbolic anthropology. He is best known for his influential work on 'thick description' and his interpretive approach to studying...