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[kyrell]

EXAMPLES for holism and cultural relativism

[ithel73]

Holism is a way of looking at the big picture, the whole of humanity and what it means to be human. It stresses the things that all humans share. For example the songs and dances of people all over the world.

Holism would include any cultural activity or artifacts that are shared by all humans. Speech is one example.

Cultural relativism is looking at a culture from the point of view of a member of that culture. This includes learning to think in the concepts of that culture, not just observe the behavior or study the language of the culture.

Cultural relativism would require the anthropologist to learn the language and the thoughts behind speaking the language as a native to the studied culture does.

[laughlin]

Yes, the intent of the question is not at all clear. You need to be more specific as these are very, very broad concepts.

[branwel]

Okay, what do you mean by examples. Edit the answer into your question.