My review on "Cultural Relativism" by Mark Glazer.

            The document entitled "Cultural Relatisivism" that  we got to read was written by Mark Glazer & given to us by Mr.V (our anthropology teacher) . I would like to give my  review on the document  which is an excellent and very scientifically explained work by Glazer . Cultural Relativism is one of the most important words that an anthropology student or any other anthropologist would encounter.
          Glazer has provided us with an important perspective on cultural relativism. He shows how anthropology is also another form of science. With his complex use of words , he tells us and states one of the key factors of anthropology that all cultures all over the world are equal , no culture is is better that the other , all the cultures should be viewed without a sense of a biasness . Particularism is another word which pops up in the text which means that in other to study a culture properly we must go in depth. Glazer has also written and I have also mentioned in my previous blog that  culture can never be teemed "right" or "wrong". The main reason being that a thing which may seem right in a particular culture may seen wrong in the other culture and vice and versa.
         Franz Boas is also mentioned by Glazer since he was the first person who coined  the term "cultural relativism" hence he has a lot of points to say about it . The limitations of comparative method in anthropology is also wonderfully explained by Boas . Alfred Kroeber, who was a student of Boas has also put forward strong points about the relative study of cultures.
    Hence , this sums up my understanding of the text written by Glazer which got me thinking about culture and the way in which we study it , the different aprroches taken to study it and practice it .


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