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Clifford Geertz

"I think feminism has had a major impact on anthropology."

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"I think feminism has had a major impact on anthropology."

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"Anthropology never has had a distinct subject matter, and because it doesn't have a real method, there's a great deal of anxiety over what it is."

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"One-on-one revenge was common in foraging societies, and kin-against-kin blood feuds were common in tribal societies that had not been pacified by a colonial or national government, particularly if they had an exaggerated culture of manly honor."

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"Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made."

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"If origin defines race, then the entire human race is African."

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"He is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature."

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"Anthropology is the most humanistic of the sciences and the most scientific of the humanities."

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"Anthropology in general has always been fairly hospitable to female scholars, and even to feminist scholars."

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