Cultural Relativism in the Face of the West
Subtitle: The Plight of Women and Female Children
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: March 20, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780312221317
Subjects: Children; Cultural studies; Women's studies; Political And Civil Rights; Sociology Of Women; Political Science; Politics / Current Events; Politics/International Relations; Sociology; Government - Comparative; Political Advocacy; Political Freedom & Security - General; Political Science / Political Freedom & Security / General; Children's Studies; Political Freedom & Security - Human Rights; Women's Studies - General; Cultural relativism; Human rights; Social conditions; Women
Description: "Western universalism has been quick to dismiss alien cultural practices as dysfunctional, while cultural relativists continue to bellow the ills of cultural imperialism. Case studies on circumcision, infanticide, prostitution, and labor provide substantive contexts in which to evaluate these arguments. Billet utilizes a six-fold analytical framework to detail particular aspects of each practice and to present potential resolutions for the disparity between the extremes of Western universalism and cultural relativism."--Jacket.