Relativisme Koseptual dalam Wacana Sains Sosial

HARIATY ABU HASSAN (Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, hariaty.abuhass@vuw.ac.nz)

Abstract


Awareness of the existence of social diversity has led to the emergence of the doctrine of cultural relativism. The doctrine holds an important position in current social science discourse. However, this research note tries to debate and question the basic principle of the doctrine about incommensurability amongst cultures. One of the forms of cultural relativism, i.e. conceptual relativism, is specifically discussed to show that in reality, human culture requires and permits comparison, evaluation and communication amongst them.

Key words: Cultural relativism, social diversity, incommensurability, comparative study

ABSTRAK

Kesedaran tentang kewujudan kepelbagaian sosial telah membawa kepada kemunculan doktrin relativisme budaya Doktrin ini menduduki tempat yang penting dalam wacana sains sosial masa kini. Walau bagaimanapun, nota penyelidikan ini cuba membahas serta mempersoalkan prinsip asas doktrin ini tentang incommensurability atau ketidakbolehbandingan antara budaya. Salah satu bentuk relativisme budaya iaitu relativisme konseptual dibincangkan secara khusus untuk memperlihatkan bahawa budaya masyarakat manusia sebenarnya boleh dan memerlukan perbandingan, penilaian dan komunikasi antara mereka.

Kata kunci: Relativisme budaya, kepelbagaian sosial, ketidakbolehbandingan, kajian bandingan


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