Anthropology 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Franz Boas, Moral Relativism, Cultural Relativism
25 Nov 2016
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Recall: culture as a sociocultural anthropology"s most signi cant contribution to modern thought (txt: 48) Culture as an alternative to race , in us especially. Franz boas: father of american cultural anthro txt 36, among others, boas did research that countered prevalent american beliefs in the hereditary weakness" and inferiority" of certain immigrant nationalities , emphasis on nurture over nature; on culture over race. Recall: boas and his students on racism and ethnocentrism (heart of culture/cultural relativism) Consider treatment of elderly in much of our society. In mim: children should take care of their parents, way we treat our elderly is morally wrong. Medical anthropology : involves anthropologists that do research on medical health- cultural problem ex. people don"t donate their organs. What lula lacks : about autism mental health research, writing about personal life, how human health is not just a matter to study from medical perspective but cultural.
