Author: Clifford Geertz

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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 had a hard time convincing students that they were going to North Africa to understand the North Africans, not to understand themselves.

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

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're getting closer to our nature.

We're getting closer to our nature.

- 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

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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