Clifford Geertz
Clifford James Geertz (San Francisco, 23 Agustus 1926–Philadelphia, 30 Oktober 2006) adalah seorang ahli antropologi asal Amerika Serikat. Ia paling dikenal melalui penelitian-penelitiannya mengenai Indonesia dan Maroko dalam bidang seperti agama (khususnya Islam), perkembangan ekonomi, struktur politik tradisional, serta kehidupan desa dan keluarga. Terkait kebudayaan Jawa, ia memopulerkan istilah priyayi saat melakukan penelitian tentang masyarakat Jawa pada tahun 1960-an, dan mengelompokkan masyarakat Jawa ke dalam tiga golongan: priyayi, santri dan abangan.
Clifford Geertz | |
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Lahir | San Francisco | 23 Agustus 1926
Meninggal | 30 Oktober 2006 Philadelphia | (umur 80)
Kebangsaan | Amerika Serikat |
Almamater | Antioch College, Harvard University |
Karier ilmiah | |
Bidang | Antropologi |
Institusi | University of Chicago Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey |
Pembimbing doktoral | Talcott Parsons |
Mahasiswa doktoral | James Siegel, James Boon, Lawrence Rosen, Abdellah Hammoudi, Sherry Ortner, Paul Rabinow, David Szanton |
Terinspirasi | Gilbert Ryle, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Max Weber, Paul Ricoeur, Alfred Schütz |
Sejak tahun 1970 hingga meninggal dunia Geertz menjabat sebagai profesor emeritus di Fakultas Ilmu Sosial di Institute for Advanced Study. Ia juga pernah menjabat sebagai profesor tamu di Departemen Sejarah Universitas Princeton dari 1975 hingga 2000.
Karya
- "Religion as a Cultural System". In Anthropological Approaches to the Study of Religion. Ed. Michael Banton. pp. 1–46. ASA Monographs, 3. London: Tavistock Publications. 1966
- The Religion of Java (1960), University Of Chicago Press 1976 paperback: ISBN 0-226-28510-3
- Peddlers and Princes: Social Development and Economic Change in Two Indonesian Towns (1963), University Of Chicago Press 1968 paperback: ISBN 0-226-28514-6
- Agricultural Involution: the process of ecological change in Indonesia (1964)
- Islam Observed, Religious Development in Morocco and Indonesia (1968), University Of Chicago Press 1971 paperback: ISBN 0-226-28511-1
- The Interpretation of Cultures (1973), Basic Books 2000 paperback: ISBN 0-465-09719-7
- Kinship in Bali (1975) coauthor: Hildred Geertz, University Of Chicago Press 1978 paperback: ISBN 0-226-28516-2
- Negara: The Theatre State in Nineteenth Century Bali (1980), Princeton University Press 2001 paperback: ISBN 0-691-00778-0
- Local Knowledge: Further Essays in Interpretive Anthropology (1983), Basic Books 2000 paperback: ISBN 0-465-04162-0
- "Anti-Anti-Relativism" (1984), American Anthropologist, vol. 86, no. 2, pp. 263–278.
- Works and Lives: The Anthropologist As Author (1988), Stanford University Press 1990 paperback: ISBN 0-8047-1747-8
- After the Fact: Two Countries, Four Decades, One Anthropologist, Harvard University Press 1995 paperback: ISBN 0-674-00872-3
- Available Light: Anthropological Reflections on Philosophical Topics, Princeton University Press 2000 paperback: ISBN 0-691-08956-6
- "An inconstant profession: The anthropological life in interesting times" (2002), Annual Review of Anthropology, vol. 31, pp. 1–19 Viewable at hypergeertz.jku.at
Pranala luar
- (Inggris) Obituari di situs web Institute for Advanced Study
- (Inggris) Kabar kematian di situs web Universitas Princeton
- (Inggris) - HyperGeertz WorldCatalogue A comprehensive, contextual and referential bibliography and mediagraphy of all works and public statements by Clifford Geertz