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

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

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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

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Science
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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. – Clifford Geertz

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I do believe states rights was a sound doctrine that got hijacked by some unsavory customers for a while – like, 150 years or so. Im professionally obliged to believe that knowledge is better than ignorance, but some kinds of forgetting are OK with me. – John Shelton Reed

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Today knowledge has power. It controls access to opportunity and advancement. – Peter Drucker

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Basically I was a rebel growing up. I got kicked out of six schools. But I dont think that it makes you less of an intellect. You know, if you ever crave knowledge, theres always a library. – Michelle Rodriguez

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So I think it is common knowledge that Hitchcock had fantasies or whatever you want to call them about his leading ladies. – Tippi Hedren

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