Author: Clifford Geertz

Quotes

Gender consciousness has become involved in almost every intellectual field: history, literature, science, anthropology. There's been an extraordinary advance.

Gender consciousness has become involved in almost every intellectual field: history, literature, science, anthropology. There's been an extraordinary advance.

- Clifford Geertz

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

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

We're getting closer to our nature.

We're getting closer to our nature.

- Clifford Geertz

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

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

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