What is Cultural Relativism? Definition, Strengths, and Criticisms | Theory to Go 3

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What is cultural relativism? In this episode of Theory To Go, we will define the term and address the ways in which the concept is used in anthropology and qualitative sociology. We will also touch on the major criticisms of cultural relativism -- which come, mainly, from outside of the social sciences -- and discuss how anthropologists have historically responded to those criticisms.

The host, Dr. Alexander K. Smith, holds an MA from Oxford University and a PhD in the anthropology of Tibet and the Himalayas from the University of Paris, France.

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Works Cited:
Boas, Franz. 1940. Race, Language and Culture. New York: Macmillan Company.

Geertz, Clifford. 1984. “Distinguished Lecture: Anti Anti-Relativism” in American Anthropologist New Series, Vol. 86(2), pp. 263-278.

Hatch, Elvin. 1983. Culture and Morality. New York: Columbia university Press.

Müller-Wille, Ludger (ed). Franz Boas among the Inuit of Baffin Island 1883-1884: Journals and Letters. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.

A few recommended articles and monographs that summarize the subject and/or comment on the relationship b/w cultural and moral relativism:
Darnell, Regna. 2009. "Anthropological Approaches to Human Nature: Cultural Relativism and Ethnocentrism" in Anthropologica 51(1), pp. 187-194.

Geertz, Clifford. 1974. "From the Native's Point of View: On the Nature of Anthropological Understanding" in Bulletin of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 28(1), pp. 26-45.

Johnson, Thomas. 2007. "Cultural Relativism: Interpretations of a Concept" in Anthropological Quarterly 8(30), pp. 791-802.

Stocking, G. W. 1983. "Observers Observed: Essays on Anthropological Fieldwork" Madison: University of Wisconsin Press.


0:00 Definition
0:55 A Brief Historical Overview
2:22 Common Criticisms
3:18 Common Responses to Criticism
4:44 Conclusion and Patreon Plug

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