Cultural Relativism and Its Importance in Understanding Michael Vick

Published on: 13th August, 2009

Cultural Relativism—An anthropological term that can best be defined as follows: An individual's actions, behaviors and beliefs can be understood only in terms of the culture from which he or she derives. In Horace Miner's famous ethnographic essay, "Body Rituals Among the Nacirema," the author describes in intricate detail the ...