List of Clifford Geertz Quotes

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Clifford Geertz
Total Quotes 51
I don't think things are moving toward an omega point; i think they're moving toward more diversity
Moving Thinking Diversity
The north african mule talks always of his mother's brother, the horse, but never of his father, the donkey, in favor of others supposedly more reputable.
Mother Brother Horse
I do think the attempt to raise consciousness has succeeded. people are very aware of gender concerns now
Thinking People Consciousness
If i remember correctly, a writer is someone who wants to convey information. language or writing is a code
Writing Want Information
I think feminism has had a major impact on anthropology
Thinking Impact Feminist
I'm writing a review of three books on feminism and science, and it's about social constructionism. so i would say i'm a social constructionist, whatever that means
Book Writing Mean
I was trained in the '50s as a new critic. i remember what literature was like before the new critics, when people stood up and talked about shelley's soul and such things
People Soul Literature
I don't have the notion that everybody has to write in some single academic style
Writing Style Academic
I think what's known about neurology is still scattered and uncertain
Thinking Neurology Uncertain
The point of literary criticism in anthropology is not to replace research, but to find out how it is that we are persuasive.
Criticism Research Persuasive
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.
Atmosphere Alive Fields
If there's ever a place where you can't argue that you can put the facts over here and the text over there and see if they fit, it is surely in anthropology
Facts Arguing Fit
  • Born: August 23, 1926
  • Died: October 30, 2006
  • Occupation: Anthropologist
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