Weds 4/8 @ 6:30PMPrinceton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street
The author is joined by Princeton Public Library’s humanities specialist Cliff Robinson to discuss her new book True Color: The St
Shortlisted for the 2021 Wolfson History Prize and a finalist for the 2021 Cundill History PrizeTold for the first time from their perspective, the story of children who survived the chaos and trauma...
The Predicament of Culture is a critical ethnography of the West in its changing relations with other societies. Analyzing cultural practices such as anthropology, travel writing, collecting, and...
Introducing Feminist Theology responds to the questions "What is feminist theology?" and "Why is it important?" by considering the perspectives of women from around the globe who have very diverse...
"In four brief chapters," writes Clifford Geertz in his preface, "I have attempted both to lay out a general framework for the comparative analysis of religion and to apply it to a study of the...
"Human rights, environmentalism, and global justice: these transnational movements today face fierce opposition from networks of conservative activists promoting contrary aims. In this groundbreaking...
The Roman empire remains unique. Although Rome claimed to rule the world, it did not. Rather, its uniqueness stems from the culture it created and the loyalty it inspired across an area that...
It only takes a little to be BIG!Meet Clifford and Emily Elizabeth in the original Clifford book!Clifford is big. Clifford is red. But most of all, Clifford knows how to BE A GOOD FRIEND.
Combining great learning, interpretative originality, analytical sensitivity, and a charismatic prose style, Clifford Geertz has produced a lasting body of work with influence throughout the...
Meet Clifford the Big Red Dog in the classic story that started it all -- reissued in a chunky board book format that's sure to appeal to the youngest Clifford fans!This durable board book edition of...
"Suppose," Clifford Geertz suggests, "having entangled yourself every now and again over four decades or so in the goings-on in two provincial towns, one a Southeast Asian bend in the road, one a...
An in-depth look at the historic and strategic deployment of rights in political conflicts throughout the world
Rights are usually viewed as defensive concepts representing mankind’s highest...
An incomparable retrospective of writings by one of the world's great anthropologists
Clifford Geertz (1926–2006) was perhaps the most influential anthropologist of our time, but his influence...
The majestic clubhouses lining the west end of Prospect Avenue represent student social life at Princeton as much as ¿gargoyles and spires,¿ in the words of F. Scott Fitzgerald, represent academic...
One of the most celebrated and significant plays of the modern American Theatre. The action of the play is comprised of a series of varied, imaginatively conceived episodes, that blend into a...
"Jazz June: A Self-Portrait in Essays traces a life, not by recounting its major events but by going deep into its representative moments: the moments of wonder, hope, fear, uncertainty, humor, love,...