The Scientific Revolution was a period of time when many scientific discoveries were made. The Scientific Revolution began in the 1500s and ended in the late 1700s. Many of the discoveries made during the Scientific Revolution were centered on the idea that there are certain mathematical laws that rule over and apply to the entire universe. Because of these discoveries‚ many scientists believed that we could better understand the physical characteristics of the world we live in and use them to
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In the world of cultural studies‚ there is a balance. There is a balance‚ especially‚ in the continuum of the relationship between the concepts of cultural relativism and ethnocentrism. Ethnocentrism is defined as “a point of view that one’s own way of life is to be preferred above all others” (Rosado). This is an interesting viewpoint on life‚ contrasted by the definition of cultural relativism‚ which is the view that “values that are established by a culture are relative to the cultural ambiance
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mark the decline in human moral behaviour from the idealistic and peaceful Golden Age to their contemporary violent and competitive Iron Age world. Accordingly‚ the so-called noble savage is always discussed by the Graeco-Roman authors from an ethnocentric world-view wherein the spaces most familiar to them were deemed the most civilised while the places further from them become increasingly natural or primitive. In this way a reading of the noble savage is mostly negative for not only does it highlight
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easy for me to see how the flaws of the system could easily become a toxic problem and ruin the society. While watching The Truman Show‚ I did not even think that it could be a critique of western society‚ or the ‘American dream’ because of my ethnocentric view. This correlation caused me to come to the realization of how normalized I am to the flaws of capitalist society and how I perceive them as part of any normal and functioning way of
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There was no independence or individuality. The Scientific Revolution was able to change the method of how people thought and how people viewed the world. In about 100 A.D. before the scientific revolution‚ Ptolemy came up with the geocentric theory. The geocentric theory stated that the earth was the center of the universe and that the sun and planets revolved around it. At the start of the scientific revolution‚ Copernicus‚ Kepler‚ and Galileo all contributed to the challenging of Ptolemy’s theory
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inside a cultural group. There are three major causes of why ethnocentricity exists: individuals’ different life experiences‚ social and political power‚ and economic rationale. The truth is there is no one who can wholly abstain from being ethnocentric. Since it is impossible to experience the life situations of everyone in the world‚ we will always base some assumptions on life built from our existing finite life experience. It must also be noted that a worldview in which someone does not consider
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system. The geocentric theory‚ which proposed that the earth was at the centre of the universe and that the sun orbits it and the heliocentric theory‚ which correctly placed the sun at the centre of the solar system with the earth as part of its orbit‚ the theory also explained that day and night were caused by the earth’s rotation‚ this position was adopted by Galileo and published in 1613 in ‘Historia e dimonstrazioni intorno alle macchie solari’ (e notes: Galileo ). The geocentric theory‚ the
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Horace Miner writes about the Nacirema‚ a culture steeped in magic and superstition. Their ways of life are portrayed as uncivilized and barbaric. The Nacirema perform rituals and rites that are strange to us here in the civilized world. The description and portrayal of this tribe make it very hard for the reader to connect or even begin to understand such a strange people. Miner starts of the article creating an atmosphere of wonderment; “if all of the logically possible combinations of behavior
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Through the duration of the 16th and 17th century‚ the scientific method was the shift in the perspective of one’s way of seeing the world. This newfounded process urged philosophers to question tradition and build on rational‚ logical thought to draw conclusions. The scientific revolution brought light to new theories‚ such as the heliocentric system‚ which became a growing foundation for scientist to continue to research off of‚ and these theories being proven challenged the church by going against
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