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Cultural relativism and Melville J. Herskovits

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Difference between Cultural relativism and Melville J. Herskovits

Cultural relativism vs. Melville J. Herskovits

Cultural relativism is the idea that a person's beliefs, values, and practices should be understood based on that person's own culture, rather than be judged against the criteria of another. Melville Jean Herskovits (September 10, 1895 – February 25, 1963) was an American anthropologist who helped establish African and African-American studies in American academia.

Similarities between Cultural relativism and Melville J. Herskovits

Cultural relativism and Melville J. Herskovits have 6 things in common (in Unionpedia): Alain LeRoy Locke, Anthropology, Columbia University, Franz Boas, Margaret Mead, Ruth Benedict.

Alain LeRoy Locke

Alain Leroy Locke (September 13, 1885 – June 9, 1954) was an American writer, philosopher, educator, and patron of the arts.

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Anthropology

Anthropology is the study of humans and human behaviour and societies in the past and present.

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Columbia University

Columbia University (Columbia; officially Columbia University in the City of New York), established in 1754, is a private Ivy League research university in Upper Manhattan, New York City.

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Franz Boas

Franz Uri Boas (July 9, 1858December 21, 1942) was a German-American anthropologist and a pioneer of modern anthropology who has been called the "Father of American Anthropology".

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Margaret Mead

Margaret Mead (December 16, 1901 – November 15, 1978) was an American cultural anthropologist who featured frequently as an author and speaker in the mass media during the 1960s and 1970s.

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Ruth Benedict

Ruth Fulton Benedict (June 5, 1887September 17, 1948) was an American anthropologist and folklorist.

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Cultural relativism and Melville J. Herskovits Comparison

Cultural relativism has 92 relations, while Melville J. Herskovits has 51. As they have in common 6, the Jaccard index is 4.20% = 6 / (92 + 51).

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