The author moved far beyond the traditional confines of his discipline to develop an important new concept of culture. This groundbreaking work helped define for an entire generation of anthropologists what their field is ultimately about.

This volume presents a timely opportunity to become reacquainted with a modern anthropological master. Proving that the study of culture first proposed by Geertz remains as central to modern thought about observation, experience and story-telling as it was thirty years.

Clifford Geertz: Professor of Social Science at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. Among his works: The Religion of Java (1976), Available Light: Anthropological Reflections on Philosophical Topics (2000).

Dr. Mohammed Badawi: Professor of English Language and Literature at Lebanese University. Among his translations: The Violence of Language, by Jean-Jacques Lecercle.