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Cultural Relativism

Cultural Relativism. The objective analysis of other cultures – understanding a culture’s beliefs and practices from that culture’s point of view . Cultural Relativism is not about imposing judgement or assessing the worth of other cultures. This is ethnocentrism .

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Cultural Relativism

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  1. Cultural Relativism • The objective analysis of other cultures – understanding a culture’s beliefs and practices from that culture’s point of view. • Cultural Relativism is not about imposing judgement or assessing the worth of other cultures. This is ethnocentrism. • For example, can we judge the wearing of the burqa in Islamic communities, simply because it differs from Western ideas about femininity?

  2. The theory of Cultural Relativism has been criticised. According to some critics it is an excuse for the violation of human rights to continue…

  3. Cultural Relativism

  4. Ethnocentrism

  5. Ethnocentrism

  6. Ethnocentrism

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  9. Challenging Ethnocentrism Ethnocentric beliefs about White superiority were challenged in the 1950s-1970s in the Civil Rights Movements (USA). African Americans protested to overturn racist laws that prohibited their access to ‘white facilities’ Eg. waiting rooms, toilets, drinking taps. Desegregation of schools and public transport came about and unfair legislation, such as ‘unequal pay’, was addressed…

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