Entrepreneur asked leading futurists and
cultural anthropologists what this brave new world will be
like, how it will evolve and what you need to know to thrive within it.
While the impact of these classical theories has remained strong, I would
like to point to a specific contribution that, in my view, has served as a kind of watershed in our thinking about the
cultural dimension of religion: Clifford Geertz's essay «Religion as a Cultural System,» published in 1966.1 Although Geertz, an anthropologist, was concerned in this essay with many issues that lay on the fringes of sociologists» interests, his writing is clear and incisive, the essay displays exceptional erudition, and it provides not only a concise definition of religion but also a strong epistemological and philosophical defense of the importance of religion as a topic of
cultural dimension of religion: Clifford Geertz's essay «Religion as a
Cultural System,» published in 1966.1 Although Geertz, an anthropologist, was concerned in this essay with many issues that lay on the fringes of sociologists» interests, his writing is clear and incisive, the essay displays exceptional erudition, and it provides not only a concise definition of religion but also a strong epistemological and philosophical defense of the importance of religion as a topic of
Cultural System,» published in 1966.1 Although Geertz, an
anthropologist, was concerned in this essay with many issues that lay on the fringes of sociologists» interests, his writing is clear and incisive, the essay displays exceptional erudition, and it provides not only a concise definition of religion but also a strong epistemological and philosophical defense of the importance of religion as a topic of inquiry.
Descriptions
like guru, expert, botanist, arborist, birding expert,
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