In this seminal essay, Geertz examines how the rise of the anthropological concept of culture transformed the concept of human nature. He begins by contrasting Enlightenment thinking, which viewed humans as governed by universal, stable, and simple psychological laws,s with the modern anthropological view that human life is deeply shaped by cultural variability. Enlightenment thinkers […]
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