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Meaning is socially, historically, and rhetorically constructed.

~Clifford Geertz

Topics: Constructed Historically Meaning Socially

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I've often been accused of making anthropology into literature, but anthropology is also field research. Writing is central to it.

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Topics: Accused Also Anthropology Been Central Field Literature Making Often Research Writing

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Younger anthropologists have the notion that anthropology is too diverse. The number of things done under the name of anthropology is just infinite; you can do anything and call it anthropology.

~Clifford Geertz

Topics: Anthropology Anything Call Diverse Done Infinite Just Name Notion Number Things Too You Younger

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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.

~Clifford Geertz

Topics: African Always Brother Donkey Father Favor His Horse More Mother Mule Never North Others Supposedly Talks

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Anthropology in general has always been fairly hospitable to female scholars, and even to feminist scholars.

~Clifford Geertz

Topics: Always Anthropology Been Even Fairly Female Feminist General Scholars

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I think the perception of there being a deep gulf between science and the humanities is false.

~Clifford Geertz

Topics: Being Between Deep False Gulf Humanities Perception Science Think I Think

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It's always amusing to look at how something early in the 20th century was written in anthropology and how it's written now. There's been an enormous shift in how it's done, but yet you can't put your finger on someone who actually did it.

~Clifford Geertz

Topics: Actually Always Amusing Anthropology Been Century Did Done Early Enormous Finger How Look Now Put Shift Someone Something Who Written You Your 20Th Century

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We're getting closer to our nature.

~Clifford Geertz

Topics: Closer Getting Nature Our

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I'm an inveterate fox and not a hedgehog, so I always think you should try everything.

~Clifford Geertz

Topics: Always Everything Fox Hedgehog Inveterate Should Think Try You

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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

Topics: About Anthropology Back Body Fall Knowledge More Nature Need Regard Rhetoric Think Thought

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Scientist

Born: August 23rd, 1926

Died: October 30th, 2006

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