Monday, February 8, 2010

Universal and specifics and im/polite

In the foreword to Coming of Age in Samoa, Mead's advisor, Franz Boas, wrote of its significance:

"Courtesy, modesty, good manners, conformity to definite ethical standards are universal, but what constitutes courtesy, modesty, very good manners, and definite ethical standards is not universal. It is instructive to know that standards differ in the most unexpected ways."[citation needed]

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