Clifford Geertz
Author
Series
Monographs and papers volume no. 11
Publisher
Published for the Association of Asian Studies by University of California Press
Pub. Date
1963.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
1971.
Language
English
Description
Mr. Geertz begins his argument by outlining the problem conceptually and providing an overview of the two countries. He then traces the evolution of their classical religious styles which, with disparate settings and unique histories, produced strikingly different spiritual climates. So in Morocco, the Islamic conception of life came to mean activism, moralism, and intense individuality, while in Indonesia the same concept emphasized aestheticism,...