![]() ![]() ![]() : 8–9Īfter finishing his thesis, Geertz returned to Indonesia, in Bali and Sumatra, : 10 after which he would receive his PhD in 1956 with a dissertation entitled Religion in Modjokuto: A Study of Ritual Belief In A Complex Society. He also studied the religious life of a small, upcountry town for two-and-a-half years, living with a railroad laborer's family. Geertz conducted his first long-term fieldwork together with his wife, Hildred, in Java, Indonesia, a project funded by the Ford Foundation and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Geertz worked with Parsons, as well as Clyde Kluckhohn, and was trained as an anthropologist. When in Harvard University, he studied at the Department of Social Relations with an interdisciplinary program led by Talcott Parsons. ![]() Geertz received a bachelor of arts in philosophy from Antioch College at Yellow Springs, Ohio in 1950 and a doctor of philosophy in anthropology from Harvard University in 1956. He served in the US Navy in World War II from 1943 to 1945. Geertz was born in San Francisco on August 23, 1926. ![]() the single most influential cultural anthropologist in the United States." He served until his death as professor emeritus at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton. Clifford James Geertz ( / ɡ ɜːr t s/ ( listen) Aug– October 30, 2006) was an American anthropologist who is remembered mostly for his strong support for and influence on the practice of symbolic anthropology and who was considered "for three decades. ![]()
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