Cultural Relativity Quotes

At some point we must realize that actively defending against radical Islamic teachings is not a matter of cultural relativity. It is a matter of universally recognized human rights.

The passionate controversies of one era are viewed as sterile preoccupations by another, for knowledge alters what we seek as well as what we find.

One man’s “ugly” is another man’s “beautiful.

A first grader should understand that her or his culture isn't a rational invention; that there are thousands of other cultures and they all work pretty well; that all cultures function on faith rather than truth; that there are lots of alternatives to our own society...Cultural relativity is defensible, attractive. It's a source of hope. It means we don't have to continue this way if we don't like it.

Besides, it doesn't make any sense to have these characters living in the year 3000 when all their points of reference are from the pop culture of the 80's and the 90's.

Sometimes I just tell my kids, 'Outside of France, I'm considered completely normal.' This worked until we traveled to London.

While 'Babel' is a foreign-language film in some countries, in others, it is a local film.

What's funny in Italy may not be funny in Spain.

If a joke makes our tribe laugh, we assume it will make other friend-tribes laugh.

Such as ne'er saw swans May think crows beautiful.

Beauty has never been absolute and immutable but has taken on different aspects depending on the historical period and the country

All right. I'm corny. But I think there's just about a-hundred-and-forty-million people in this country that are just as corny as I am.

I'm tall in Sweden, but I'm huge in Hollywood.

I've always been fascinated by the idea that there's no such thing as evil; it's all in your point of view. To one group a suicide bomber is the antichrist and to one he's a hero.

Fantasy is sort of a blank slate that everybody can project their own culture onto. Everybody can read it in their own way.

Beauty, thou wild fantastic ape Who dost in every country change thy shape!

I grew up in a culturally different household.