%0 Journal Article %T Multiculturalidad y multiculturalismo: Relatividad cultural y relativismo %A Avelino de la Pienda %A Jes¨²s %J Revista de Filosof¨ªa %D 2009 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %X this article is a criticism of gabriel andrade£¿s essay titled £¿on the inequality of cultures£¿, and at the same time, an attempt to define the concepts of £¿multiculturalism£¿ and £¿relativism£¿ in order to avoid confusions with related concepts such as £¿multiculturality£¿ and £¿relativity.£¿ also, the article analyzes and criticizes the bases on which the author of the aforementioned essay tries to support a supposed western cultural superiority. %K multiculturalism %K multiculturality %K relativism %K relativity %K cultural superiority %K cultural equality. %U http://www.scielo.org.ve/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0798-11712009000100006&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en