The most interesting explanation from Geertz is about
Thick Description. It is a
way to depict in-depth, an approach to understand, interpret, and explain
(not merely observed) phenomena, events, ideas, social customs or anything (religion,
politics, etc.) that prioritizes the depth data from
the various aspects of the phenomenon, which
are often bizarre, irregular, and
not explicit as
much as possible to understand the objects that are not superficial
and shallow.
Based on that, Geertz defines
culture as a system of meaning.
One of his concepts is about religion. The concept of religion is not merely understood as a system of divinity / theology,
but as an embodiment
of the cultural system. According to him, religion is a system of
symbols that make up the feelings
and desires in man, the conception of governance that has a nuance of real
existence, so the feelings that seem realistic.
Geertz has given many donations for understanding the relationship
between religion and culture, especially in Java. Although many critics have
been directed to his definition about religion and culture, no doubt that he is
the most famous anthropologist who will be a reference for many researches in
Java.
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