According to Franz Boas, in order to conduct a historical particularist study of a society, one must adopt the notion of __________, or the belief that each society should be understood in terms of its own cultural practices and values

A. particular evolution
B. cultural relativism
C. functionalism
D. neoevolutionism


Answer: B

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