'A remarkably interesting account of Indonesian agricultural history, primarily covering the period of Dutch control, from 1619 to 1942. Drawing on ecology, sociology, and economics, Geertz...provides an insightful and persuasive analysis.'--The Annals
'If colonial geography ever succeeds in establishing itself as a discrete and integral focus of inquiry, it may well date its majority to the…
PENJAJA DAN RAJA merupakan hasil penyelidikan lapangan yang dilakukan oleh Prof. Clifford Geertz antara tahun 1952-1954 dan 1957-1958 di kota "Mojokuto" (Jatim) dan Tabanan (Bali). Pokok yang dibahas ialah usaha mengembangkan pengusaha pribumi ("enterpreneur") dalam masa peralihan: dari alam tradisional ke alam modern. Penyelidikan itu menyimpulkan bahwa setiap pengusaha pribumi membawa sert…
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 humanities and social sciences, and remains the foremost anthropologist in America. His 1980 book Negara analyzed the social organization of Bali before it was colonized by the Dutch in 1906. Her…
JAGAD antropologi Indonesia sudah tak asing lagi dengan nama Clifford Geertz. Dialah penulis karya monumental, The Religion of Java, yang menggolong-golongkan masyarakat Jawa menjadi priyayi, santri dan abangan. Karya itu dalam edisi Indonesianya telah diterbitkan oleh Pustaka Jaya, Jakarta. Pendapat Clifford Geertz tersebut, dalam tahap perkembangannya diperselisihkan banyak pihak. …
Cliford Geertz, melalui karyanya ini, adalah salah seorang dari eksponen yang menggugat batasan ini. Karya yang ada di tangan pembaca ini merupakan suatu pemeriksaan kritis atas ke�dudukan ilmiah dan kedudukan literer ilmu antropologi, serta pada akhirnya masa depan ilmu antropologi. Geertz menelaah karya dari empat empu antropologi yang karya-karyanya kini telah menjadi klasik: Levi-Strauss,…
Whither the social sciences? It sometimes seems as if this diverse and fluid field is permanently at def com 3: defining and defending its borders, skirmishing with science, all while the tenured generals snipe at each other. These manoeuvres sometimes pass over possibly the most important question of all: what is at stake in the study of society and culture? This question is central to anthrop…
'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 North African outpost and passage point, you wished to say something about how those goings-on had changed.' A narrative presents itself, a tour of indices and trends, perhaps a memoir? None, however, …
In a closely observed study of two Indonesian towns, Clifford Geertz analyzes the process of economic change in terms of people and behavior patterns rather than income and production. One of the rare empirical studies of the earliest stages of the transition to modern economic growth, Peddlers and Princes offers important facts and generalizations for the economist, the sociologist, and the So…