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Clifford Geertz quotes: Meaning is socially, historically, and rhetorically constructed. Meaning is socially, historically, and rhetorically constructed.
Clifford Geertz quotes: Cultural analysis is intrinsically incomplete. And, worse than that, the more deeply it goes the less complete it is. Cultural analysis is intrinsically incomplete. And, worse than that, the more deeply it goes the less complete it is.
Clifford Geertz quotes: I don't think things are moving toward an omega point; I think they're moving toward more diversity. I don't think things are moving toward an omega point; I think they're moving toward more diversity.
Clifford Geertz quotes: I think feminism has had a major impact on anthropology. I think feminism has had a major impact on anthropology.
Clifford Geertz quotes: I don't feel that an atmosphere of debate and total disagreement and argument is such a bad thing. It makes for a vital and alive field. I don't feel that an atmosphere of debate and total disagreement and argument is such a bad thing. It makes for a vital and alive field.
Clifford Geertz quotes: If we wanted home truths, we should have stayed at home. If we wanted home truths, we should have stayed at home.
Clifford Geertz quotes: I don't write drafts. I write from the beginning to the end, and when it's finished, it's done. I don't write drafts. I write from the beginning to the end, and when it's finished, it's done.
Clifford Geertz quotes: Culture is public, because meaning is Culture is public, because meaning is
Clifford Geertz quotes: A scholar can hardly be better employed than in destroying a fear. A scholar can hardly be better employed than in destroying a fear.
Clifford Geertz quotes: If I remember correctly, a writer is someone who wants to convey information. Language or writing is a code. If I remember correctly, a writer is someone who wants to convey information. Language or writing is a code.
Clifford Geertz quotes: I've written a lot of books which are written from the moon - the view from nowhere. I've written a lot of books which are written from the moon - the view from nowhere.
Clifford Geertz quotes: I agree with Chomsky in almost nothing. When it comes to innate structures and so on, I'm very skeptical. I agree with Chomsky in almost nothing. When it comes to innate structures and so on, I'm very skeptical.
Clifford Geertz quotes: My instincts are always against people who want to fasten some sort of hegemony onto things. My instincts are always against people who want to fasten some sort of hegemony onto things.
Clifford Geertz quotes: I think the American university system still seems to be the best system in the world. I think the American university system still seems to be the best system in the world.
Clifford Geertz quotes: Most anthropologists are doing straightforward ethnography, and should. Most anthropologists are doing straightforward ethnography, and should.
Clifford Geertz quotes: We need to think more about the nature of rhetoric in anthropology. There isn't a body of knowledge and thought to fall back on in this regard. We need to think more about the nature of rhetoric in anthropology. There isn't a body of knowledge and thought to fall back on in this regard.
Clifford Geertz quotes: I do think the attempt to raise consciousness has succeeded. People are very aware of gender concerns now. I do think the attempt to raise consciousness has succeeded. People are very aware of gender concerns now.
Clifford Geertz quotes: I had a hard time convincing students that they were going to North Africa to understand the North Africans, not to understand themselves. I had a hard time convincing students that they were going to North Africa to understand the North Africans, not to understand themselves.
Clifford Geertz quotes: Anthropology in general has always been fairly hospitable to female scholars, and even to feminist scholars. Anthropology in general has always been fairly hospitable to female scholars, and even to feminist scholars.
Clifford Geertz quotes: Man is an animal suspended in webs of significance he himself has spun. Man is an animal suspended in webs of significance he himself has spun.
Clifford Geertz quotes: I've often been accused of making anthropology into literature, but anthropology is also field research. Writing is central to it. I've often been accused of making anthropology into literature, but anthropology is also field research. Writing is central to it.
Clifford Geertz quotes: What we call our data are really our own constructions of other people's constructions of what they and their compatriots are up to. What we call our data are really our own constructions of other people's constructions of what they and their compatriots are up to.
Clifford Geertz quotes: I'm an inveterate fox and not a hedgehog, so I always think you should try everything. I'm an inveterate fox and not a hedgehog, so I always think you should try everything.
Clifford Geertz quotes: I think of myself as a writer who happens to be doing his writing as an anthropologist. I think of myself as a writer who happens to be doing his writing as an anthropologist.
Clifford Geertz quotes: I think what's known about neurology is still scattered and uncertain. I think what's known about neurology is still scattered and uncertain.
Clifford Geertz quotes: What we had actually demonstrated was our cowardice, but there is fellowship in that too. What we had actually demonstrated was our cowardice, but there is fellowship in that too.
Clifford Geertz quotes: We don't know what we think until we see what we say. We don't know what we think until we see what we say.
Clifford Geertz quotes: I never leave a sentence or a paragraph until I'm satisfied with it. I never leave a sentence or a paragraph until I'm satisfied with it.
Clifford Geertz quotes: I don't have the notion that everybody has to write in some single academic style. I don't have the notion that everybody has to write in some single academic style.
Clifford Geertz quotes: I think the perception of there being a deep gulf between science and the humanities is false. I think the perception of there being a deep gulf between science and the humanities is false.
Clifford Geertz quotes: People keep asking how anthropology is different from sociology, and everybody gets nervous. People keep asking how anthropology is different from sociology, and everybody gets nervous.
Clifford Geertz quotes: We're getting closer to our nature. We're getting closer to our nature.
Clifford Geertz quotes: Anthropology never has had a distinct subject matter, and because it doesn't have a real method, there's a great deal of anxiety over what it is. Anthropology never has had a distinct subject matter, and because it doesn't have a real method, there's a great deal of anxiety over what it is.
Clifford Geertz quotes: The point of literary criticism in anthropology is not to replace research, but to find out how it is that we are persuasive. The point of literary criticism in anthropology is not to replace research, but to find out how it is that we are persuasive.

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