SOCA02H3 Lecture Notes - Ralph Waldo Emerson, Genital Modification And Mutilation, Cultural Relativism
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Intersection: multiculturalism (cultural relativism), feminism, anti-colonialism, political correctness: articles, brym its your choice section. Universal principles of human decency vs. cultural relativism. No real debate cutting off genitals sewing them off: condemn women to horrible reality based on an ideological position. Consistency of ideological purity for its own sake generates irrational outcomes. Some radical feminists try to remain consistent in their point of view no matter what: call it genital cutting cutting sounds better than mutilation, assert all cultures are equal. Avoid ethnocentrism (my culture better than yours), racism, neo- imperialism. Not deny cultural sovereignty to less powerful people (is what. All cultures are equal: but: rf often exempt the west colonialism does) If islam had reached vienna they would have been prominent in europe. Christians warred against protestants: religion as amorphous changes with time. In the end the west is more successful militarily, 17th cent on: counterfactual historical claim.
