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Anti‐Anti‐Multiculturalism
Author(s) -
Eller Jack David
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
american anthropologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1548-1433
pISSN - 0002-7294
DOI - 10.1525/aa.1997.99.2.249
Subject(s) - multiculturalism , relativism , sociology , epistemology , cultural relativism , philosophy , political science , law , pedagogy , human rights
In the tradition of Geertz's "Anti Anti‐Relativism," this essay analyzes the clash between multiculturalists and anti‐multiculturalists as an exchange of worries and warnings about the dangers inherent in the other ism. It then contrasts the concept of culture as employed by anthropologists and by multiculturalists. Finally, it arrives at the conclusion that, while we as anthropologists should not fully embrace multiculturalism, we should reject anti‐multiculturalism.