Clifford Geertz
Clifford Geertz
Clifford James Geertzwas 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...the single most influential cultural anthropologist in the United States." He served until his death as professor emeritus at the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth23 August 1926
CountryUnited States of America
moving thinking diversity
I don't think things are moving toward an omega point; I think they're moving toward more diversity
thinking people consciousness
I do think the attempt to raise consciousness has succeeded. People are very aware of gender concerns now
thinking trying foxes
I'm an inveterate fox and not a hedgehog, so I always think you should try everything
thinking neurology uncertain
I think what's known about neurology is still scattered and uncertain
thinking world american-universities
I think the American university system still seems to be the best system in the world
mean thinking intuition
The way in which mathematicians and physicists and historians talk is quite different, and what a physicist means by physical intuition and what a mathematician means by beauty or elegance are things worth thinking about.
thinking impact feminism
I think feminism has had a major impact on anthropology
thinking humanity perception
I think the perception of there being a deep gulf between science and the humanities is false
writing thinking anthropologists
I think of myself as a writer who happens to be doing his writing as an anthropologist
thinking knows
We don't know what we think until we see what we say.
thinking issues feminist
Has feminism made us all more conscious? I think it has. Feminist critiques of anthropological masculine bias have been quite important, and they have increased my sensitivity to that kind of issue
people secular
Two people have been really liberating in my mind; one is Wittgenstein and the other is Burke. I read Burke before he was a secular saint, before everyone was reading him.
fall knowledge nature rhetoric
We need to think more about the nature of rhetoric in anthropology. There isn't a body of knowledge and thought to fall back on in this regard.
destroying scholar employed
A scholar can hardly be better employed than in destroying a fear.