The illusion that ethnography is a matter of sorting strange and irregular facts into familiar and orderly categories-this is magic, that is technology-has long since been exploded. What it is instead, however, is less clear. That it might be a kind of writing, putting things to paper, has now and then occurred to those engaged in producing it, consuming it, or both. But the ex...(展开全部)

The illusion that ethnography is a matter of sorting strange and irregular facts into familiar and orderly categories-this is magic, that is technology-has long since been exploded. What it is instead, however, is less clear. That it might be a kind of writing, putting things to paper, has now and then occurred to those engaged in producing it, consuming it, or both. But the ex...(展开全部)

克利福德·格尔兹（Clifford Geertz,1926—2006），1926年生于美国加州，在俄亥俄州安蒂奥克学院学习文学和哲学，1950年在该校获哲学学士学位。之后进入哈佛大学，师从C.克拉克洪学习人类学并于1956年获得人类学博士学位。曾先后在芝加哥大学、斯坦福大学、麻省理工学院、普林斯顿高等研究院社会科学部等著名学府讲学或担任教职。 作为象征人类学和解释人类学的代表人物，格尔兹以其在印度尼西亚和摩洛哥的田野工作为基础，对宗教、文化等领域的研究影响巨大，著有：《爪哇宗教》（1960）、《被信奉的伊斯兰教》（1968）、《文化的解释》（1973）、《尼加拉：19世纪巴厘剧场国家》（1980）、《地方性知识》（1983）、《论著与生活》（1988），《追寻事实》（1995）等，并先后获得了美国社会学会索罗金奖、美国人文－自然科学院社会科学奖、日本...(展开全部)

This major work, now available in paperback, by one of the worlda s leading anthropologists discusses the style, imagery and metaphor of the great anthropologists, thereby developing Geertza s claim that doing good anthropology is like writing good literature.

“The only love affair I have ever had was with music.” Maurice Ravel A compelling celebration of more than 90 of the world’s most influential composers from the medieval period to the present day, Composers reveals the fascinating stories of their lives, loves, and works. Biographical entries – introduced with a stunning portrait of each featured composer – trace the friendship...(展开全部)

这是一本极为大胆疯狂的书，体现了“初生牛犊不怕虎”的后现代主义精神。

How do imperceptibly small differences in the environment change one's behavior? What is the anatomy of a bad mood? Does stress shrink our brains? What does People magazine's list of America's "50 Most Beautiful People" teach us about nature and nurture? What makes one organism sexy to another? What makes one orgasm different from another? Who will be the winner in the geneti...(展开全部)

A new generation of mystery fans are trapped in a castle, and the author is dead. So begins a fair-play mystery novel uniting the detective revivals of Robin Stevens and Anthony Horowitz with impossible crimes worthy of John Dickson Carr and Christianna Brand. Dear Reader, You are invited to join me at grand Carver's Rest - the scene of my murder. I am the author of this dark t...(展开全部)