Clifford Geertz, intellectual autonomy, and interpretive social science

A Cossu - American Journal of Cultural Sociology, 2021 - Springer
Clifford Geertz was a key protagonist in the development of “interpretive social science,” but
much of our understanding of his position as an intellectual neglects the crucial years before …

In the field but not of the field: Clifford Geertz, Robert Bellah, and the practices of interdisciplinarity

M Bortolini, A Cossu - European Journal of Social Theory, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
The intellectual trajectories of social scientists Robert N. Bellah and Clifford Geertz are
compared as a case study in the production of successful interdisciplinary work. Geertz and …

How to Become Intimate with a Book You Did Not Write: Backstage Collaboration in Creating Sociological Understanding

A Cossu - The American Sociologist, 2023 - Springer
While there is ample recognition that intellectual work is-to some degree-relational and
cooperative, most narratives of production focus on how intellectual supporters aid the …

Talcott Parsons and Clifford Geertz: Modernization, functionalism, and interpretive social science

A Cossu - The Routledge International Handbook of Talcott …, 2021 - taylorfrancis.com
The relationship between Talcott Parsons and Clifford Geertz has often been described in
terms of the latter's embrace of a hermeneutic approach to culture and a move away from the …

Introduction: The Interpretation of Cultures at Fifty

A Cossu, M Bortolini - Sociologica, 2024 - sociologica.unibo.it
Abstract Introducing the symposium “The Interpretation of Cultures at Fifty,” editors Andrea
Cossu and Matteo Bortolini reflect on the dynamics of the iconicization of texts and the …