Ethnocentrism compares other cultures by using a group's specific culture as the basis of that comparison, believing theirs to be superior and the standard to be used in comparison to other cultures. Cultural relativism, on the other hand, believes that culture is understood best through its own...
The values of artistic works, according to cultural relativism (相对主义), are simply reflections of local and economic conditions. Such a view, however, fails to explain the ability of some works of art to excite the human mind across cultures and through centuries.History has witnessed the en...
(Pasamonik, 2004). Also, cultural relativism suggests an irreducible diversity among cultures because each culture is unique as a whole, but with parts so intertwined with others that none can be understood or evaluated without reference to the others and the cultural whole, the so-called ...
Cultural relativism is the practice of assessing a culture by its own standards rather than viewing it through the lens of one’s own culture. Practicing cultural relativism requires an open mind and a willingness to consider, and even adapt to, new values and norms. However, indiscriminately ...
To argue that all knowledge is positional or culture-bound is not to embrace relativism. Relativism would imply the ability to see across different forms of knowledge and to con- clude that they are of equal value. Instead, as Rorty argues, we are always positioned within acculturated knowledge...
Cultural relativism is the way society separates right from wrong within a culture. What we describe as “good” and “bad” is based off of our cultural beliefs. Cultural relativism argues that no culture is better than any other and all their beliefs are equally valid. The way that modern...
People increasingly find that they must adopt culturally relativistic perspectives in governing communities and as a guide for their interactions with members of the community. 文化相对主义的视角 或是 城市居民 的一种素养。 For anthropologists in the field, cultural relativism is especially important. ...
To what extent is it accurate to say that individuals are products of their social circumstances? What is the difference between cultural relativism and verstehen? How do social factors influence research on mental disorders? What is the difference between social status and social clas...
and there has been increasing recognition of the need forcultural relativismin place of universal notions of normality. As Western nations have become home to more immigrants and refugees from Asian, Middle-Eastern, and Latino nations, there have been a growing number of ethical conundrums and leg...
The subjectivity, however, does not necessarily lead to advocating cultural relativism, since all parties in the present perspective have the same profound objective [40]. The thermodynamic principle to consume free energy in the least time is the same for all parties, but differing conditions and...