PHIL 1620 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Michel De Montaigne, Cultural Relativism, Stereotype
21 Jan 2018
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Compared to his peers, he is open minded. Montaigne aims to justify the cultural norms the non european cannibals . Montaigne uses this justi cation to demonstrate a number of injustices in european societies that europeans view as justi ed. The basis of this essay, montaigne is often considered to be a cultural relativist (believes an experience is related to something/rejects objective truth) He o ers a defence of the culture of cannibals (the indigenous peoples who inhabited the coast of brazil:most numerous was the tupinamba) Aime cesaire: has said, tersely and accurately, this europe does not dialogue, it soliloquizes . We"ll note, at certain pints, how philosophers such as hobbes treat non western cultures as merely primitive. Dialogue between two cultures may be di cult if the powers di er. Montaigne was aware of the documented atrocities committed by europeans in the.
