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. - SearchQuotes

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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.

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