finished or virtually finished animal, was ingredient, and centrally ingredient, in the production of that animal itself.… We are, in sum, incomplete or unfinished animals who complete or finish ourselves through culture.”29 Geertz’s main point is that culture operates on two levels (the individual and the corporate) and also has the capacity to have an ongoing and continuing impact on the individual. The social construct of culture must be considered when we strive after cultural intelligence. When
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