[Xmca-l] theoretical roots

[Peter Smagorinsky]

One of our doctoral students sent this to me. It's an effort to locate Geertz theoretically, a sort of archeological essay tracing his influences back into their philosophical roots. I haven't read it yet, so can't personally vouch for it, but it got me thinking.

Are there article-length efforts at locating influential people and their influences/sources/antecedents? Especially, are there accessible essays that say, Theorist X came into being as a consequence of these antecedents, here they are and what they proposed, and here's how their influence is realized in Theorist X's research? I know that people like Rene van der Veer (copied here) have done archeological work on a variety of sources of Russian psychology, although I don't know of anything meeting the terms I've just described. What I'm looking for is a set of essays that would help a new doctoral student get a basic grasp of the theoretical landscape from a set of readings, with specific theorists the subject of single, introductory and thus accessible essays. If you've got any such thing for any specific theorists, please share. I think a lot of doc students would benefit from the collection.

https://www.academia.edu/22450948/Philosophical_Hermeneutical_Implications_in_Geertz_s_Anthropology
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Reflecting on the recent loss of us all, this essay deals with the theory of the just passed away enthusiastic American anthropologist, Clifford Geertz. The focus will be on the implicit or explicit connection with philosophical hermeneutical



Dobos, A. (2007). Philosophical Hermeneutical Implications in Geertz ' s Anthropology. Antropolis, 124-134.