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Clifford Geertz quotes

American Scientist August 23, 1926 – October 30, 2006

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One of the most significant facts about humanity may finally be that we all begin with the natural equipment to a live a thousand kinds of life but end in the end having lived only one Clifford Geertz
The way in which mathematicians and physicists and historians talk is quite different, and what a physicist means by physical intuition and what a mathematician means by beauty or elegance are things worth thinking about. Clifford Geertz
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
Clifford Geertz quote: "I think the American university system still seems to be the..."
I think the American university system still seems to be the best system in the world. Clifford Geertz
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
The notion that someone who does not hold your views holds the reciprocal of them, or simply hasn't got any, has, whatever its comforts for those afraid reality is going to go away unless we believe very hard in it, not conduced to much in the way of clarity in the anti-relativist discussion, but merely to far too many people spending far too much time describing at length what it is they do not maintain than seems in any way profitable. Clifford Geertz
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
Clifford Geertz quote: "We're getting closer to our nature."
We're getting closer to our nature. Clifford Geertz
Clifford Geertz quote: "I think the perception of there being a deep gulf between..."
I think the perception of there being a deep gulf between science and the humanities is false. Clifford Geertz
Clifford Geertz quote: "I don't think things are moving toward an omega point; I think..."
I don't think things are moving toward an omega point; I think they're moving toward more diversity. Clifford Geertz
Has feminism made us all more conscious? I think it has. Feminist critiques of anthropological masculine bias have been quite important, and they have increased my sensitivity to that kind of issue. Clifford Geertz
Two people have been really liberating in my mind; one is Wittgenstein and the other is Burke. I read Burke before he was a secular saint, before everyone was reading him. Clifford Geertz
Clifford Geertz quote: "I don't have the notion that everybody has to write in some..."
I don't have the notion that everybody has to write in some single academic style. Clifford Geertz
Clifford Geertz quote: "I've written a lot of books which are written from the moon -..."
I've written a lot of books which are written from the moon - the view from nowhere. Clifford Geertz
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. Clifford Geertz

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