"We need to think more about the nature of rhetoric in anthropology. There isn’t a body of knowledge and thought to fall back on in this regard."
- Clifford GeertzAmerican anthropologist Clifford Geertz was a significant figure in the field of interpretive anthropology, which emphasizes the use of meanings and symbols rather than just objective facts to understand cultures. He emphasized in one of his reflections the significance of studying rhetoric's role i…