...Weber, that man is an animal suspended in webs of significance he himself has spun, I take culture to be those webs, and the analysis of it to be therefore...law but an interpretive one in search of meaning. It is in just this way that the work in this book sees people making and negotiating meaning in constantly...

...metaphorically, ". . . man is an animal suspended in webs of significance he himself has spun, I take culture to be those webs, and the analysis of it to be therefore...law but an interpretive one in search of meaning" (Geertz 1973, p. 5). One approach from which we can borrow important insights is from the studies of...

...that man is an animal suspended in webs of significance he himself has spun", we must take "culture to be those webs, and the analysis of it to be therefore...law, but an interpretive one in search of meaning" (4). The word 'semiotic' in the above definition is either misleading or in the analogy the word is...

...Weber, that man is an animal suspended in webs of significance he himself has spun, I take culture to be those webs, and the analysis of it to be therefore...law but an interpretive one in search of meaning" (C. Geertz 1973:5). Moreover, meaning is not merely the sum of subjectivities of "believers." Weber's...

...Weber, that man is an animal suspended in webs of significance he himself has spun, I take culture to be those webs, and the analysis of it to be therefore...not an experimental science in search of law but an interpretative one in search of meaning" (Geertz, 1973:5). Believing with Geertz, that culture is the...

...doubt that the study of culture can be "a positive science like any other," he argues that it cannot be "an experimental science in search of law but an interpretive one in search of meaning." From this vantage point, he has emphasized the importance of close attention to cultural diversity...

..."Believing that . . . man is an animal suspended in webs of significance he himself has spun. I take culture to be those webs, and the analysis of it to be therefore...law but an interpretive one in search of meaning" (Geertz, Interpretation, p. 5). boundaries. Skilled artisan production based on traditions and obligations...

...Weber, that man is an animal suspended in webs of significance he himself has spun, I take culture to be those webs, and the analysis of it to be therefore...not an experimental science in search of law but an interpretative one in search of meaning. (Geertz: 1973, p. 5) This interpretative science shares many...

...of human reality emphasizing cultural forms as "webs of significance," thereby making anthropology "not an experimental science in search of law but an interpretive one in search of meaning."14 This approach dovetails neady with the nonfoundational account of experience we have developed...

...Weber, that man is an animal suspended in webs of significance he himself has spun, I take culture to be those webs, and the analysis of it to be therefore...search of law but an interpretive one in search of meaning."8 But the interlinked system of significant signs and symbols Geertz calls culture — sign...