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
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
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
Gender consciousness has become involved in almost every intellectual field: history, literature, science, anthropology. Theres been an extraordinary advance. – Clifford Geertz
I think I have an inner confidence that my tastes are pretty simple, that what I find funny finds a wide audience. Im not particularly intellectual or clever or minority-focused in my creative instincts. And Im certainly not aware of suppressing more sophisticated ambitions. – Rowan Atkinson