Clifford Geertz Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“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.”

“If there's ever a place where you can't argue that you can put the facts over here and the text over there and see if they fit, it is surely in anthropology.”

“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.”

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

“I think feminism has had a major impact on anthropology.”

“I never leave a sentence or a paragraph until I'm satisfied with it.”

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

“I think the perception of there being a deep gulf between science and the humanities is false.”

“I do think the attempt to raise consciousness has succeeded. People are very aware of gender concerns now.”

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