Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
dichte Beschreibung
English translation:
thick description
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Kim Metzger
Apr 2, 2006 01:41
18 yrs ago
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German term
dichte Beschreibung
German to English
Social Sciences
Anthropology
social anthropology
"dichte beschreibung" refers to a cornerstone of the theories of Clifford Geertz. Since he is an American, this phrase must exist in English. I appreciate any assistance.
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Apr 2, 2006 01:42: Kim Metzger changed "Language pair" from "English to German" to "German to English"
Apr 2, 2006 01:58: Kim Metzger changed "Term asked" from "dichte beschreibung" to "dichte Beschreibung"
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thick description
Rosenzweig attempts to philosophically take seriously, in Clifford Geertz's now famous formulation, a "thick description" of Jewish life and practice. In Geertz's words, a thick description is "first, description of details as part of 'interworked systems of construable signs . . . within which they can be intelligibly . . . described.'
http://www.pupress.princeton.edu/chapters/i6834.html
Geertz aims to provide social science with and understanding and appreciation of “thick description.” While Geertz applies thick description in the direction of anthropological study (specifically his own ‘interpretive anthropology’), his theory that asserts the essentially semiotic nature of culture has implications for the social sciences in general and, in our case, political science (and comparative political science) in particular.
http://academic.csuohio.edu/as227/spring2003/geertz.htm
http://www.pupress.princeton.edu/chapters/i6834.html
Geertz aims to provide social science with and understanding and appreciation of “thick description.” While Geertz applies thick description in the direction of anthropological study (specifically his own ‘interpretive anthropology’), his theory that asserts the essentially semiotic nature of culture has implications for the social sciences in general and, in our case, political science (and comparative political science) in particular.
http://academic.csuohio.edu/as227/spring2003/geertz.htm
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