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

Quote by Clifford Geertz

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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...

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 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...

People keep asking how anthropology is different from sociology, and everybody gets nervous.

People keep asking how anthropology is different from sociology, and everybody gets nervous.

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...

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...

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 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...

I think feminism has had a major impact on anthropology.

I think feminism has had a major impact on anthropology.

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...

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...

We're getting closer to our nature.

We're getting closer to our nature.

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...

Gender consciousness has become involved in almost every intellectual field: history, literature, science, anthropology. There's...

Gender consciousness has become involved in almost every intellectual field: history, literature, science, anthropology. There's...

Anthropology in general has always been fairly hospitable to female scholars, and even to feminist...

Anthropology in general has always been fairly hospitable to female scholars, and even to feminist...

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 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...

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 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 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...