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“I suffer the anthropological malady diagnosed by Le vi- Strauss inTristes tropiques: I find it much more difficult to suspend value judgments about the society in which I normally reside than I do abroad. It takes physical and cultural distance to gain moral detachment and political noncommitment. Relativism implies a solid measure of indifference.”

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Pierre L. van den Berghe
Pierre L. van den Berghe

Pierre L. van den Berghe is a renowned scholar born in 1933. He is known for his in-depth research in sociology, particularly in the areas of race, ethnicity, and group relations. more

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