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CULTURAL RELATIVISM [1 record]

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Record 1 2024-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Anthropology
  • Sociology of Ideologies
CONT

Cultural relativism suggests that ethics, morals, values, norms, beliefs, and behaviors must be understood within the context of the culture from which they arise. It means that all cultures have their own beliefs and that there is no universal or absolute standard to judge those cultural norms.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anthropologie
  • Sociologie des idéologies
CONT

Le relativisme culturel [est une] théorie selon laquelle tout idéal ou tout modèle culturel est circonscrit dans son aire de validité relative, aucun n'étant en droit universel ni dans l'absolu supérieur à d'autres.

Spanish

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