Cultural Relativism is the view that all beliefs‚ customs‚ and ethics are relative to the individual within his own social context. Cultural relativists believe that all cultures are worthy in their own right and are of equal value. Diversity of cultures‚ even those with conflicting moral beliefs‚ is not to be considered in terms of right and wrong or good and bad. Some believe that morality is relative to culture‚ but some believe that argument is invalid. Some also argue that there is such a
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Ethnocentrism is the tendency to believe that one’s ethnic or cultural group is centrally important‚ and that all other groups are measured in relation to one’s own. The ethnocentric individual will judge other groups relative to his or her own particular ethnic group or culture‚ especially with concern to language‚ behavior‚ customs‚ and religion. These ethnic distinctions and sub-divisions serve to define each ethnicity’s unique cultural identity. Some ways to overcome the ethnocentrism:
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cultures in the contemporary world where people and goods constantly (but not freely) move? How such cultures are daily being reproduced‚ commented upon and criticized‚ transformed‚ or newly produced? This course will introduce the field of socio-cultural anthropology through the exploration of some of its central topics‚ methods and theories. We refuse to see “culture” as a bounded “thing” in a particular place or as a fixed and timeless characteristic of a certain group of people. Instead‚ we
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Ethnocentrism is the belief that one’s culture is more superior to others and that they hold all others in comparison to their own. It is a concept that was introduced in the beginning of this course and has played a role in discussions throughout the semester. At first it is difficult to understand what ethnocentrism is and why it plays such a prominent role‚ but with the reoccurring appearance of the term in class‚ the importance behind it becomes more evident. If an individual has the perspective
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Summer 2013 (June 6-July 11) MTWThF 10:00-11:30 am ANT F302 Cultural Anthropology (revised syllabus) Instructor: Prof. Pauline Strong E-Mail: pstrong@austin.utexas.edu Phone: 512-471-8524 Office: SAC 4.130 Office Hours: after class‚ & by apt. Overview Materials This course is an introduction to cultural anthropology. It fulfills a Social Science and Cultural Diversity requirement. The main text: • Goals Students will emerge from the course with • • • • knowledge
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In ‘Patterns of Culture’‚ Ruth Benedict wrote‚ “Morality differs in every society‚ and is a convenient term for socially approved habits.” Cultural relativists have claimed the following; (1) different societies have different moral codes. (2) The moral code of a society determines what is right within that society. (3) There is no objective standard that can be used to judge one society’s code as better than another’s. (4) The moral code of our own society has no special status. And (5)‚ It is arrogant
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Sociology Writing Assignment 3 First off‚ I want to say that this was a very interesting video. For people who think of Muslims as bad‚ hate filled people this would be an extremely good video to have them watch. I have friends who are Muslims so I have never seen them the way that Dave did or the way that some of the random people who were interviewed do. I had my mother watch it and she seemed to think afterwards that maybe they were ok people‚ whereas before‚ she used to complain about the
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that ethics are absolute too. For a person who believes ethics are truly relative‚ they evaluate acts as right or wrong based on their culture or the person. Ethical or moral relativism is the position in meta-ethics that morality is not universal‚ but that moral truths can be determined by factors relative to social‚ cultural‚ historical or personal circumstances. In the other hand‚ people who believe ethics are absolute‚ they support a set of rules that applies to everyone in general. Moral absolutism
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new culture. One thing that the Westerners introduced to the tribe was some of the Western Material Culture. Material Culture refers to tangible objects as an item that have been manufactured‚ invented‚ created or borrowed within a particular cultural setting. The presence of the video camera was a shock to the Toulambis as they simply stared at the lens as the person was filming. The photography camera‚ mirror and the voice recorder were also examples of the introduction of Western Material Culture
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personality‚ personality is obtained thru culture and not biology. His theory called Cultural Relativism gives a comprehensive understanding of the underlying relationship between culture and personality. Boas’ student Ruth Benedict expounded the research on the effect of culture to personality through studying cultural various patterns and themes. Although she admitted that the global cultural diffusion has made the cultural patterns of civilized societies are difficult to trace‚ primitive societies located
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