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Clifford Geertz quotes

American Scientist August 23, 1926 – October 30, 2006

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Clifford Geertz quote: "I think feminism has had a major impact on anthropology."
I think feminism has had a major impact on anthropology. Clifford Geertz
Clifford Geertz quote: "I think what's known about neurology is still scattered and..."
I think what's known about neurology is still scattered and uncertain. Clifford Geertz
There is an Indian story -- at least I heard it as an Indian story -- about an Englishman who, having been told that the world rested on a platform which rested on the back of an elephant which rested in turn on the back of a turtle, asked (perhaps he was an ethnographer; it is the way they behave), what did the turtle rest on? Another turtle. And that turtle? 'Ah, Sahib, after that it is turtles all the way down Clifford Geertz
Clifford Geertz quote: "My instincts are always against people who want to fasten some..."
My instincts are always against people who want to fasten some sort of hegemony onto things. Clifford Geertz
Clifford Geertz quote: "If I remember correctly, a writer is someone who wants to..."
If I remember correctly, a writer is someone who wants to convey information. Language or writing is a code. Clifford Geertz
Clifford Geertz quote: "I never leave a sentence or a paragraph until I'm satisfied..."
I never leave a sentence or a paragraph until I'm satisfied with it. Clifford Geertz
Clifford Geertz quote: "Man is an animal suspended in webs of significance he himself..."
Man is an animal suspended in webs of significance he himself has spun. Clifford Geertz
Clifford Geertz quote: "Cultural analysis is intrinsically incomplete. And, worse than..."
Cultural analysis is intrinsically incomplete. And, worse than that, the more deeply it goes the less complete it is. Clifford Geertz
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
Clifford Geertz quote: "Meaning is socially, historically, and rhetorically constructed."
Meaning is socially, historically, and rhetorically constructed. Clifford Geertz
The point of literary criticism in anthropology is not to replace research, but to find out how it is that we are persuasive. Clifford Geertz
Clifford Geertz quote: "Most anthropologists are doing straightforward ethnography,..."
Most anthropologists are doing straightforward ethnography, and should. Clifford Geertz
Clifford Geertz quote: "I agree with Chomsky in almost nothing. When it comes to..."
I agree with Chomsky in almost nothing. When it comes to innate structures and so on, I'm very skeptical. Clifford Geertz
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

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