Abstract

JACORZYNSKI, Witold. Considerations about the Pertinence of Cultural Relativism: Response to Nicolás Sánchez Durá. Desacatos [online]. 2013, n.41, pp.49-64. ISSN 2448-5144.

This essay proposes to develop and to discuss some thesis included in the article by Nicolás Sánchez Durá: "The Pertinence of Cultural Relativism". Firstly, the ethnocentric and relativistic positions are both considered as two different ethical attitudes towards the cultural diversity. Secondly, the concepts of "relativism" and "culture" are developed and analyzed in the light of Ludwig Wittgenstein's later philosophy. Although, the cultural relativism considered as a philosophical doctrine faces logical and conceptual dilemmas, the latter disappear when relativism is treated as contextual, mostly moral and political attitude, which contributes to undermine the legacy of ethno-centrism based on the other's exclusivity.

Keywords : ethnocentrism; conceptual relativism; cultural relativism; world's views; grammatical propositions; Wittgenstein's late philosophy.

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