CULTURAL RELATIVISM The idea of cultural relativism started from the society. From the society it turns out to be a symbol of that particular area and become mass/universal. According to Rachel (p.18) says " These customs cannot be said to be "correct" or incorrect‚ "for that implies that we have an independent standard of right and wrong by which they may judge". In a simple word cultural relativism is there is no answer for what is right and what is wrong‚ to judge this issue we have to know
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Aody Rafati Dr. Jodi Melamed Eng 2010 12/11/2014 Cultural Identity in The Namesake The Namesake illustrates several elements of transition that are common to the stories of immigrant families and their children. As shown in the film‚ the first generation connects with their cultural identity and roots to a far greater degree and density than their children do. The second generation exists between two realities of culture including their ethnic heritage and the world they live in presently
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Culture is defined as the system of shared beliefs‚ values‚ customs‚ behaviors‚ and artifacts that the members of society use to cope with their world and with one another‚ and that are transmitted from generation to generation through learning. Culture helps us understand how things are created‚ developed‚ managed and changed. Each culture is unique‚ I do not think people will find any culture that is exactly like another culture but I think that they can find many similarities. Some similarities
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Bush” are two perfect examples of real life accounts of the problems that they face in the field‚ and it is found that in order for anthropologists to be able to truly study a certain culture‚ they must understand the meanings of ethnocentrism and cultural relativism. Ethnocentrism must be understood so that it can be avoided‚ because it is the belief in the superiority of one’s own ethnic group‚ which could ultimately make it very difficult to truly study and learn about a culture if you are constantly
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Cultural Revolution in China The Cultural Revolution in China was a social movement that took place in 1966 through 1976. This movement involved major changes that took place in the political‚ economic and social nature of China. These changes were very often for violent and corrupted means. This Cultural Revolution threatened China for 10 years. In the beginning of the revolution. “Destructive groups such as Red Guards and The Cultural Revolution Authority grasped the power‚ and China drove into
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The Cultural Revolution was a movement in China during1966-1976. This revolution was a power struggle within the Communist Party of China. This struggle grew to include large portions of Chinese society‚ which eventually brought the People’s Republic of China to the brink of civil war. The revolution was launched by Mao Zedong‚ the Chairman of the Communist Party of China‚ in order to regain control after the Great Leap Forward. During the Great Leap Forward campaign Mao Zedong loss a significant
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CULTURAL INDUSTRIES IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES Alessandra Quartesan Monica Romis Francesco Lanzafame SEPTEMBER 2007 The Institutional Capacity and Finance Department (ICF) of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) developed this study on cultural industries in LAC. The study was conducted under the supervision of Francesco Lanzafame‚ Housing & Urban Development specialist‚ by Alessandra Quartesan‚ Urban Development and Cultural Heritage consultant
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Cultural heritage: Its relevance in the social development. Cultural heritage is the total of contributions by a community that are held to be legacy which is inherited by the past for the benefit of their future. This includes literature‚ buildings‚ monuments‚ artifacts and others. As what Edward Burnett Tylor (1871) said: “Culture is that complex whole which include knowledge‚ belief‚ arts‚ moral‚ law‚ custom and other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society.” Cultural
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2-28-05 Ethics Ethical Cultural Relativism I will begin with defining Ethical Cultural Relativism. Ethical Cultural Relativism is an ethical theory that denies the existence of universal moral truths. It claims that right and wrong must be defined variously‚ based on differences in cultural norms and ideas. It specifically states moral right and wrong are “relative to” one’s society and time in history‚ not absolute across time and cultures (Pen‚19) Ethical Cultural Relativist believes in three
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discusses the positives and negatives regarding the concept of cultural relativism‚ but his overall position is that cultural relativism is not a strong philosophy. On the flip side of that Immanuel Kant has a completely different ethical theory that is based around deontology. Despite its positives cultural relativism cannot be defended against Rachel’s criticism‚ but Kant’s ethical theory cannot necessarily defeat cultural relativism. Cultural Relativism is the idea that moral practices and social norms
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