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. pp. J.

Clifford James Geertz (August 23 1926 – October 30 2006) was an American anthropologist who is remembered mostly for his strong support for and influence on the practice of symbolic anthropology and who was considered "for three decades. " He served until his death as professor emeritus at the Institute for Advanced Study Princeton.