Clifford Geertz, 1926-2006

Clifford Geertz, the cultural anthropologist, died on October 31 due to complications of heart surgery.

When I was an undergraduate, I read The Interpretation of Cultures, and it changed my life. It made me want to become a cultural historian, to understand symbols and the meaning of things in an entirely different way.

I'm actually too overwhelmed to write much right now. If I was more cogent, I'd write about the critiques of Geertz, and how I found many of them spot-on.

But right now, I'm kinda sad.

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