Clifford Geertz argued that every cultural action is more than the action itself. It also has deeper meaning, subject to interpretation. What key idea in anthropology did this important theoretical idea help promote?
A) Cultures arise from different causes, not uniform processes.
B) Symbols are a crucial means of understanding other cultures.
C) Balinese culture holds the key to how we might understand all other cultures.
D) Enculturation shapes sexual behavior.
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