Cultural Relativism and Sudan

In our class discussion or Janice Boddy’s article “Womb as Oasis,” we discussed a variety of topics, including female genital modification, cultural relativism, and some aspects of the current situation in regions of Sudan other than the specific area discussed by Boddy, in particular the ongoing humanitarian crisis and genocide occurring in the Darfur region.

You may be interested in the following posts from my main blog, Robert Philen’s Blog:

John Prendergast on Darfur
http://robertphilen.blogspot.com/2007/09/john-prendergast-on-darfur.html

Shamans, Jazz, and Genocide: On Definitions and Sets
http://robertphilen.blogspot.com/2007/06/shamans-jazz-and-genocide-on.html

Sudan and the U.S.: Genocide and the War on Terror
http://robertphilen.blogspot.com/2007/06/sudan-and-us-genocide-and-war-on-terror.html

Shamanism, Fascism, Gulags, and Genocide
http://robertphilen.blogspot.com/2007/04/shamanism-fascism-gulags-and-genocide.html

Genocide and Hairsplitting
http://robertphilen.blogspot.com/2007/03/genocide-and-hairsplitting.html

Sudan and Cultural Relativism
http://robertphilen.blogspot.com/2007/03/sudan-and-cultural-relativism.html

A Typology of Genocide
http://robertphilen.blogspot.com/2007/03/typology-of-genocide.html

Cultural Relativism: What It Is and What It Isn’t
http://robertphilen.blogspot.com/2007/02/cultural-relativism-what-is-is-and-what.html