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Syncretism in the Mediterranean: Universalism, Cultural Relativism and the Issue of the Mediterranean as a Cultural Area.

In this article we re-examine notions of relativism and universalism in the history of anthropology through a re-appraisal of anthropological research in the Mediterranean. In view of the fact of ongoing, public debates on how to bring about a new world order, we trace the notion of a clash of civil...

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Published in:History & Anthropology Vol. 18; no. 3; pp. 309 - 333
Main Authors: Hauschild, Thomas, Zillinger, Martin, Lucia Kottmann, Sina
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Sep2007
Subjects:
Cultural relativism
Ethnology
Universalism (Theology)
Civilization
Culture
Mediterranean Region
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