Dilemma of Context

Ben-Ami Scharfstein

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Thank you for buying this ebook, published by NYU Press. Sign up for our e-newsletters to receive information about forthcoming books, special discounts, and more! Sign Up! About NYU Press A publisher of original scholarship since its founding in 1916, New York University Press Produces more than 100 new books each year, with a backlist of 3,000 titles in print. Working across the humanities and social sciences, NYU Press has award-winning lists in sociology, law, cultural and American studies, religion, American history, anthropology, politics, criminology, media and communication, literary studies, and psychology. THE DILEMMA OF CONTEXT THE DILEMMA OF CONTEXT BEN-AMI SCHARFSTEIN Copyright 1989 by New York University All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Scharfstein, Ben-Ami, 1919- The dilemma of context. Bibliography: p. Includes index. 1. Ethnology-Philosophy. 2. Cultural relativism. 3. Philosophy and social sciences. I. Title. GN345.S33 1989 306 .01 88-34573 ISBN 0-8147-7890-9 New York University Press books are printed on acid-free paper, and their binding materials are chosen for strength and durability. Book design by Ken Venezio To my students who have become my colleagues CONTENTS PREFACE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 1 CONTEXTUAL PROBLEMS AND TENSIONS The term context is characterized and contextuality, relativism , and skepticism are distinguished from one another.

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• Droit et juridique

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• Publié par: NYU Press
• Date de parution: 01 juillet 1989
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780814739518
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

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