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 anthropologybackbody Change image and share on social
I don't think things are moving toward an omega point; I think they're moving toward more diversity. Clifford Geertz diversitymoveomega Change image and share on social
I think the perception of there being a deep gulf between science and the humanities is false. Clifford Geertz deepfalsegulf Change image and share on social
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 anthropologycriticismfind Change image and share on social
I don't have the notion that everybody has to write in some single academic style. Clifford Geertz academicnotionsingle Change image and share on social
I don't write drafts. I write from the beginning to the end, and when it's finished, it's done. Clifford Geertz begindraftend Change image and share on social
I was trained in the '50s as a New Critic. I remember what literature was like before the New Critics, when people stood up and talked about Shelley's soul and such things. Clifford Geertz 50scriticliterature Change image and share on social
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 20thamuseanthropology share on social
If I remember correctly, a writer is someone who wants to convey information. Language or writing is a code. Clifford Geertz codeconveycorrectly Change image and share on social
Most anthropologists are doing straightforward ethnography, and should. Clifford Geertz anthropologistethnographystraightforward Change image and share on social
