It may be in the cultural particularities of people — in their oddities — that some of the most instructive revelations of what it is to be generically human are to be found.
Clifford GeertzI don't think things are moving toward an omega point; I think they're moving toward more diversity
Clifford GeertzI think the perception of there being a deep gulf between science and the humanities is false
Clifford GeertzYounger anthropologists have the notion that anthropology is too diverse. The number of things done under the name of anthropology is just infinite; you can do anything and call it anthropology
Clifford Geertz