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

Quote by Clifford Geertz

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Meaning is socially, historically, and rhetorically constructed.

Meaning is socially, historically, and rhetorically constructed.

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...

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...

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

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

I think of myself as a writer who happens to be doing his writing as...

I think of myself as a writer who happens to be doing his writing as...

It's always amusing to look at how something early in the 20th century was written...

It's always amusing to look at how something early in the 20th century was written...

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...

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'm writing a review of three books on feminism and science, and it's about social...

I'm writing a review of three books on feminism and science, and it's about social...

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...

Anthropology never has had a distinct subject matter, and because it doesn't have a real...

Anthropology never has had a distinct subject matter, and because it doesn't have a real...

I've often been accused of making anthropology into literature, but anthropology is also field research....

I've often been accused of making anthropology into literature, but anthropology is also field research....

I think feminism has had a major impact on anthropology.

I think feminism has had a major impact on anthropology.

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 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...

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

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

The North African mule talks always of his mother's brother, the horse, but never of...

The North African mule talks always of his mother's brother, the horse, but never of...

We need to think more about the nature of rhetoric in anthropology. There isn't a...

We need to think more about the nature of rhetoric in anthropology. There isn't a...

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...

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...