Quote by Clifford Geertz
We need to think more about the nature of rhetoric in anthropology

We need to think more about the nature of rhetoric in anthropology. There isnt a body of knowledge and thought to fall back on in this regard. – Clifford Geertz

Other quotes by Clifford Geertz

I think the perception of there being a deep gulf between science and the humanities is false. – Clifford Geertz

Category:
Science
Read Quote

Gender consciousness has become involved in almost every intellectual field: history, literature, science, anthropology. Theres been an extraordinary advance. – Clifford Geertz

Category:
Science
Read Quote

Im writing a review of three books on feminism and science, and its about social constructionism. So I would say Im a social constructionist, whatever that means. – Clifford Geertz

Category:
Science
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Knowledge
category

Listen to any musical phrase or rhythm, and grasp it as a whole, and you thereupon have present in you the image, so to speak, of the divine knowledge of the temporal order. – Josiah Royce

Category:
Knowledge

Mediocre men often have the most acquired knowledge. – Claude Bernard

Category:
Knowledge

Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information? – T. S. Eliot

Category:
Knowledge

It is now common knowledge that the average American gains 7 pounds between Thanksgiving and New Years Day. – Marilu Henner

Category:
Knowledge

Random Quotes

My dad taught me from my youngest childhood memories through these connections with Aboriginal and tribal people that you must always protect peoples sacred status, regardless of the pest. – Steve Irwin

Category:
dad

Theres more to life than success, and if you can try to be more well-rounded, youll be able to enjoy your success more. It wont own you or control you. – Ricky Williams

Category:
Success

This morning in the Washington Post there was a statistic about how 85% of Americans are Christians. – Sally Quinn

Category:
Morning

What would be ugly in a garden constitutes beauty in a mountain. – Victor Hugo

Category:
Beauty