Blazing the trailblazer

Victor Witter Turner was a British cultural anthropologist best known for his work on symbols rituals and rites of passage His work along with that of Clifford Geertz and others is often referred to as symbolic and interpretive anthropology. Book blazing the trail of tears A collection of Turner s writings that gathers seven late pieces that reflect his thoughts on such subjects as pilgrimage sacrifice and liminal processes The essays reveal a passionate struggle between a committed conceptualization and a dedication to the telling detail Turner is willing to address the moral and spiritual dimensions of being human which are all too easily set aside by much social science Anthropos Blazing the Trail Waymarks in the Exploration of Symbols The Anthropology of Form and Meaning