Posted: May 26th, 2017

Explain the meaning of Clifford Geertz’s statement, “man is an animal suspended in webs of significance that he himself has spun.” What would be some examples of components of a web of significance for a particular person or group of people?

Explain the meaning of Clifford Geertz’s statement, “man is an animal suspended in webs of significance that he himself has spun.” What would be some examples of components of a web of significance for a particular person or group of people? Are these webs of significance more likely to be of interest to a Psychologist taking a causal science approach to the study of psychological phenomena or to one who is taking a normative science approach? Explain.