U69 Anthro 160 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Ku Klux Klan, Franz Boas, Cultural Relativism
30 Jan 2017
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The aims of ethnology (franz boas: critiques superficial accounts of other people (wild beasts) that were subsequently used to generate early theories about human differences. The assu(cid:373)ptio(cid:374) that o(cid:374)e"s o(cid:449)(cid:374) (cid:449)a(cid:455) of doi(cid:374)g thi(cid:374)gs is (cid:272)o(cid:396)(cid:396)e(cid:272)t, (cid:449)hile dis(cid:373)issi(cid:374)g othe(cid:396) people"s p(cid:396)a(cid:272)ti(cid:272)es o(cid:396) (cid:448)ie(cid:449)s as wrong or ignorant. The te(cid:374)de(cid:374)(cid:272)(cid:455) to (cid:448)ie(cid:449) o(cid:374)e"s o(cid:449)(cid:374) (cid:272)ultu(cid:396)e as supe(cid:396)io(cid:396). Example: what is a family: american conception: mother and father (monogamy) with children, a(cid:374)(cid:455)thi(cid:374)g else is (cid:374)ot a (cid:862)(cid:396)eal(cid:863) fa(cid:373)il(cid:455) (cid:894)ho(cid:373)ose(cid:454)ual (cid:373)a(cid:396)(cid:396)iage, pol(cid:455)ga(cid:373)(cid:455)(cid:895) Example: chinese belief in mahakala-- deity that can pacify sickness: american conception: this is devil worship, using christian theology to criticize other religions is textbook ethnocentrism. Gardening tips (cronk: ho(cid:449) do (cid:455)ou (cid:396)espo(cid:374)d to the (cid:396)elati(cid:448)ist positio(cid:374), (cid:862)it"s their culture, who are we to judge it? (cid:863) E(cid:454)pla(cid:374)atio(cid:374)s fo(cid:396) i(cid:374)fa(cid:374)ti(cid:272)ide: i(cid:374)(cid:272)(cid:396)eases (cid:862)fit(cid:374)ess(cid:863) of (cid:373)ale pe(cid:396)pet(cid:396)ato(cid:396)(cid:863), i(cid:374)(cid:272)(cid:396)eases (cid:862)pa(cid:396)e(cid:374)tal i(cid:374)(cid:448)est(cid:373)e(cid:374)t(cid:863) of fathe(cid:396): naturalistic fallacy: if so(cid:373)ethi(cid:374)g is (cid:862)(cid:374)atu(cid:396)al(cid:863) the(cid:374) it (cid:373)ust so(cid:373)eho(cid:449) (cid:271)e (cid:862)good(cid:863), biological explanation does not = moral justification.
