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

Quote by Clifford Geertz

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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.

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

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

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...

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 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...

We're getting closer to our nature.

We're getting closer to our nature.

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...

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 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...

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...

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 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...

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...

Believing, with Max Weber, that man is an animal suspended in webs of significance he...

Believing, with Max Weber, that man is an animal suspended in webs of significance he...

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...

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...

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'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...