historical relativism

Japanese: historical relativism(英語表記)historicalrelativism
historical relativism

...Its characteristic is that it abandons the attitude of setting absolute standards between one cultural sphere and another, including the above-mentioned religion and ethical values, and discussing their superiority or inferiority; current cultural anthropology, comparative cultural studies, ethnomusicology, and other fields basically take this position. When this kind of relativism applies not to cultures that exist contemporaneously, but to cultures that exist successively, historical relativism appears. This position is opposed to the progressive view of history, which sees history as a unilinear trace of social progress. ...

*Some explanations of terms that refer to "historical relativism" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…上述の宗教や倫理的価値も含めて,一つの文化圏と他の文化圏の間に,絶対的尺度を設けてその優劣を論じようとする態度を捨てるのがその特徴であり,現在の文化人類学や比較文化論,民族音楽学などは基本的にはこの立場をとる。こうした相対主義が,共時的に存在する文化の間にではなく継時的に存在する文化の間に働くとき,歴史相対主義historical relativismが現れる。この立場は,歴史を単線的な社会の進歩の跡付けとみなす進歩史観と対立する。…

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