"People keep asking how anthropology is different from sociology, and everybody gets nervous." — Clifford Geertz

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People keep asking how anthropology is different from sociology, and everybody gets nervous.

- Clifford Geertz

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People keep asking how anthropology is different from sociology, and everybody gets nervous.