cultural relativism

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• cultural relativism — Cultural relativists assert that concepts are socially constructed and vary cross culturally. These concepts may include such fundamental notions as what is considered true, morally correct, and what constitutes knowledge or even reality itself.… …   Dictionary of sociology

• Cultural relativism — Compare moral relativism, aesthetic relativism, social constructionism, and cognitive relativism. Cultural relativism is the principle that an individual human s beliefs and activities should be understood by others in terms of that individual s… …   Wikipedia

• cultural relativism — The view that perception of the world is inevitably determined by the writer s background and environment. It is held by some modern scholars that the thought world of the writers of the Bible is so different from that of the modern Western world …   Dictionary of the Bible

• cultural relativism — /ˌkʌltʃərəl ˈrɛlətəvɪzəm/ (say .kulchuhruhl reluhtuhvizuhm) noun the view that practices, attitudes, etc., can only be deemed good or bad within the context of the culture that produced them. –cultural relativist, noun …  

• Cultural communication — Cultural relativism is the view that cultures are merely different, not deficient, and each culture’s norms and practices should be assed only from the perspective of the culture itself, not by standards embraced by another culture. It is the… …   Wikipedia

• cultural anthropology — cultural anthropologist. the branch of anthropology dealing with the origins, history, and development of human culture, and including in its scope the fields of archaeology, ethnology, and ethnography. Also called social anthropology. Cf.… …   Universalium

• Cultural emphasis — is defined as an important aspect of a culture which is often reflected though language and, more specifically, vocabulary (Ottenheimer, 2006, p. 266). This means that the vocabulary people use in a culture indicates what is to that group of …   Wikipedia

• cultural — (adj.) 1868, in reference to the raising of plants or animals, from L. cultura tillage (see CULTURE (Cf. culture)) + AL (Cf. al) (1). In reference to the cultivation of the mind, from 1875; hence, relating to civilization or a civilization. A… …   Etymology dictionary

• Relativism — Compare moral relativism, aesthetic relativism, social constructionism, cultural relativism, and cognitive relativism. Relativism is the idea that some elements or aspects of experience or culture are relative to, i.e., dependent on, other… …   Wikipedia

• relativism — The word relativism is used loosely to describe intellectual positions which reject absolute or universal standards or criteria. Thus, epistemological relativism is the view that there are no universal criteria of knowledge or truth. What counts… …   Dictionary of sociology

• Cultural anthropology — For the journal, see Cultural Anthropology (journal). Cultural anthropology is a branch of anthropology focused on the study of cultural variation among humans, collecting data about the impact of global economic and political processes on local… …   Wikipedia