Clifford Geertz
A leading proponent of interpretive anthropology, emphasizing the importance of understanding culture as a system of symbols and meanings.
Quotes by Clifford Geertz
Life is a text to be read.
Anthropologists are storytellers of sorts.
The study of culture is the study of symbols.
Interpretation is the road to understanding.
Culture binds society together.
In the end, anthropology is about humanity.
Symbols are the vehicles of culture.
Thick description is what ethnography aims for.
Man creates his own meaning.
Anthropology reveals the diversity of human experience.
Culture is learned, not inherited.
The interpretive turn in anthropology.
Everyday life is ritual.
Understanding requires empathy.
Anthropology is a humanistic science.
The blur of meaning is anthropology's challenge.
Culture is the art of living together.
In anthropology, the observer is part of the observed.
Meaning emerges from context.