Clifford Geertz

I think what's known about neurology is still scattered and uncertain. ↗

— Clifford Geertz

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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

#before #critic #critics #i #i remember

I'm an inveterate fox and not a hedgehog, so I always think you should try everything. ↗

— Clifford Geertz

#everything #fox #hedgehog #i #i always

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

#books #feminism #i #means #review

I've written a lot of books which are written from the moon - the view from nowhere. ↗

— Clifford Geertz

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If I remember correctly, a writer is someone who wants to convey information. Language or writing is a code. ↗

— Clifford Geertz

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If there's ever a place where you can't argue that you can put the facts over here and the text over there and see if they fit, it is surely in anthropology. ↗

— Clifford Geertz

#argue #ever #facts #fit #here

Meaning is socially, historically, and rhetorically constructed. ↗

— Clifford Geertz

#historically #meaning #socially

Most anthropologists are doing straightforward ethnography, and should. ↗

— Clifford Geertz

#doing #most #should #straightforward

My instincts are always against people who want to fasten some sort of hegemony onto things. ↗

— Clifford Geertz

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