Abstract
The goal of the article is to analyze how Clifford Geertz applies L. Wittgenstein's late philosophy in the methodology of the social sciences.
In his works, Geertz disagrees with the criticss of relativism in anthropology, although refuses to take the position of relativist or anti-relativist. He calls his position an anti anti-relativist.
According to him, the main problem of both sides is the misconception of culture as a non-dynamic and closed whole, which results from the philosophical idea of "ideal" concepts. According to him, such an idea is particularly unsustainable in today's globalized interconnected world.
On the contrary, he considers Wittgenstein's concept of "language game" to be a suitable methodological tool, which offers a view of language and culture as a network of similar practices, family resemblence that cannot be summarized in a number of premises and doesn't have clear boundaries.