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.

Quote by Clifford Geertz

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Younger anthropologists have the notion that anthropology is too diverse. The number of things done...

Younger anthropologists have the notion that anthropology is too diverse. The number of things done...

I think the American university system still seems to be the best system in the...

I think the American university system still seems to be the best system in the...

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

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

I think feminism has had a major impact on anthropology.

I think feminism has had a major impact on anthropology.

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

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

I do think the attempt to raise consciousness has succeeded. People are very aware of...

I do think the attempt to raise consciousness has succeeded. People are very aware of...

The point of literary criticism in anthropology is not to replace research, but to find...

The point of literary criticism in anthropology is not to replace research, but to find...

I was trained in the '50s as a New Critic. I remember what literature was...

I was trained in the '50s as a New Critic. I remember what literature was...

The way in which mathematicians and physicists and historians talk is quite different, and what...

The way in which mathematicians and physicists and historians talk is quite different, and what...

I think the perception of there being a deep gulf between science and the humanities...

I think the perception of there being a deep gulf between science and the humanities...

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

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

I don't write drafts. I write from the beginning to the end, and when it's...

I don't write drafts. I write from the beginning to the end, and when it's...

I don't feel that an atmosphere of debate and total disagreement and argument is such...

I don't feel that an atmosphere of debate and total disagreement and argument is such...

We're getting closer to our nature.

We're getting closer to our nature.

Two people have been really liberating in my mind; one is Wittgenstein and the other...

Two people have been really liberating in my mind; one is Wittgenstein and the other...

Has feminism made us all more conscious? I think it has. Feminist critiques of anthropological...

Has feminism made us all more conscious? I think it has. Feminist critiques of anthropological...

I don't have the notion that everybody has to write in some single academic style.

I don't have the notion that everybody has to write in some single academic style.

I don't think things are moving toward an omega point; I think they're moving toward...

I don't think things are moving toward an omega point; I think they're moving toward...

If there's ever a place where you can't argue that you can put the facts...

If there's ever a place where you can't argue that you can put the facts...

I agree with Chomsky in almost nothing. When it comes to innate structures and so...

I agree with Chomsky in almost nothing. When it comes to innate structures and so...