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    Symbolic Interactionism and Geertz’ Deep Play Symbolic interaction‚ one of the three main perspectives of the social sciences of Anthropology and Sociology‚ was thought to be first conceived by Max Weber and George Herbert Mead as they both emphasized the subjective meaning of human behavior‚ the social process‚ and the humanistic way of viewing of Anthropology and Sociology. As human behavior and socialization were observed‚ Mead discovered that behavior may be either overt‚ meaning observable

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    Ethnographic Authority: A Comparative Analysis of Mead‚ Turner and Geertz Paula J. Suter Anthropological Thought and Praxis I - Dr. Christina Wasson Midterm - October 14‚ 2013 Introduction Ethnographic authority is a useful concept. Examining the structure and authority of ethnographic theory and practice helps one to gaze‚ with a critical eye‚ upon the field of knowledge that is being handed down. Before assimilating new knowledge‚ it is important to question the premises

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    competitors to channel their inner aggression and rivalry through an indirect symbolic sphere of engagement regulated by rules and rituals. Geertz identifies the cockfight as a method for representing the hierarchical relations among people within the community‚ as well as a self-expression of community identity as a whole. Using a functionalist approach Geertz explains that‚ “the cockfight reinforces status discrimination …that it provides a metasocial commentary upon the whole matter of assorting

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    287‚ turner says‚ “treat ritual symbols as timeless entities”‚ what does he mean by this? In what ways might a psychoanalyst and an anthropologist differ in the ways of understanding symbols contained in rituals? Geertz 4. How does Geertz define culture? Also‚ explain what Geertz

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    Geertz’s theoretical contributions start with his definitions and descriptions of culture. For Geertz‚ culture is “an historically transmitted pattern of meanings embodied in symbols‚ a system of inherited conceptions expressed in symbolic forms by means of which men communicate‚ perpetuate‚ and develop their knowledge about and their attitudes toward life” .In an alternative (and more quoted) formulation‚ Geertz states‚ “Believing‚ with Max Weber‚ that man is an animal suspended in webs of significance

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    In Religion as a Cultural System‚ Clifford Geertz makes strong claims explaining in a very logical way his definition on religion. While Keiji Nishitani precisely states his perspective on religion and how religion is a necessary journey in his excerpt What is Religion? I aim to prove that Nishitani’s view of religion is better and beneficial for humans than Geertz. Geertz definition of religion is a system made up of symbols. The symbols are what create the values‚ ideals‚ or “moods and motivations

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    opinions on this matter. Anthropologist Clifford Geertz created a definition‚ accepted by some and rejected by others‚ that can be used to determine if something can be included in this classification. Confucianism is a religion when examined under the criterion of Geertz’ working definition which states that “religion is (1) a system of symbols which acts to (2) establish powerful‚ pervasive‚ and long-lasting moods and motivation in men by (3) formulating

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    Leticia King Gender‚ Deviance‚ and Economics: the Balinese Cockfight Abstract Clifford Geertz theorizes that‚ cockfighting in Bali‚ Indonesia is a focal point of culture and kinship relationships. However‚ women are not allowed to participate or watch the matches. Therefore‚ does the exclusion of women from the activity also have symbolic meaning? The Indonesian government banned the cockfight‚ and constituted it as gambling in the 80s. This study will prove that Balinese women have subsequently

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    on cosmologic concepts of cycles of reincarnation that influence naming orders‚ status‚ ceremony and religion‚ social structure‚ heavily constructed with a separation of human and animal and a domestication of the natural environment (Forge 1980‚ Geertz 1973). The differences arising between Australian Aboriginal and Balinese concepts of personhood are derived from variations in ecology‚ social organization and culture that stem from the distinctive diversity of their respective natural environments

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    are we going? Studying Clifford Geertz‚ Patricia Limerick‚ John Wideman‚ and Ralph Waldo Emerson has made it easier for me to answer my own question. These four authors of varying expertise tied together a common thread called culture. Clifford Geertz in his essay "Deep Play" brought us the world of cockfighting in Bali. In this essay he portrays the culture of our present American society through the use of the Balinese cockfight. Amazingly enough Geertz used what some would call a primitive

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