ANT100Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Jacques Derrida, Emic And Etic, Phoneme
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Universal and particular structures in language and culture. Absolute value is something is of value regardless of its circumstances, regardless of where or for him. What is good or bad in field work. Case study: mother love and infant death in alto do cruzeiro, brazil. Cultural relativism: assumptions and behaviours mean different things in different cultures. Recognize that historical, social, and economic conditions strongly affect our behaviour and that of others. Understand the others behaviour and thoughts in context of their culture. Moral relativism: there are no absolute values, what is good or evil does depends on the culture. Believing that these exist is the opposite of moral relativism. It is not necessary the opposite of cultural relativism. Cultural relativism allows for moral universals and moral particulars. Noam chomsky: there is an innate, universal language acquisition device . Every child regardless of their culture, will learn a language provided that he/she is exposed to a language.
