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"I think the perception of there being a deep gulf between science and the humanities is false."
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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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"I think of myself as a writer who happens to be doing his writing as an anthropologist."
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"I was trained in the '50s as a New Critic. I remember what literature was like before the New Critics, when people stood up and talked about Shelley's soul and such things."
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"I think the American university system still seems to be the best system in the world."
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"Meaning is socially, historically, and rhetorically constructed."
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"I agree with Chomsky in almost nothing. When it comes to innate structures and so on, I'm very skeptical."
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"Has feminism made us all more conscious? I think it has. Feminist critiques of anthropological masculine bias have been quite important, and they have increased my sensitivity to that kind of issue."
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"Younger 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."
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"If I remember correctly, a writer is someone who wants to convey information. Language or writing is a code."
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"I think feminism has had a major impact on anthropology."
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