Alex Petrie Dr. Howell Anthropology 116 11/30/11 Things Fall Apart. Chinua Achebe. New York: Anchor Books‚ 1959. Number of 209. Things Fall Apart is the story of the people in an Ibo village that face destruction with the arrival of white missionaries from England. It begins by centering on Okonkwo‚ an ambitious and strong man who rose to great standing despite his shameful father‚ in order to give background to the customs of the area and the thoughts behind his actions. It then follows
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Marketing. 1 Consumer Perception of Global vs. Local Brands: The Indian Car Industry Abstract Key words: Consumer Perception‚ Global brands‚ Local brands‚ consumer preference‚ Country-of-origin‚ foreign brand‚ globalness‚ Consumer ethnocentrism. This study examines consumer perception of global brands vs. local brands in the Indian car industry. Consumer brand perceptions have substantial implications in Marketing. The study explores and understands consumer perceptions of global
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individualistic. Meanwhile‚ quality awareness is also increasing among buyers‚ especially in the wake of quality defects that have been seen as threats to public health and safety. The last common feature of Chinese buyers is the presence of ethnocentrism. Although the preference for foreign brands has gradually increased‚ Chinese prefer domestic brands more. Even the new generation with better education than its predecessors is open to Western ideas and products‚ but still proudly supportive of
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with out culture beliefs. Moral relativity is where not everything may be acceptable by other societies universally. So we try and speak up to these cultures about their practices and hope to change their ways to make them morally acceptable. Ethnocentrism and cultural relativism means that we go to study a cultural and their languages but without imposing on their ways of their language in anyway or form. Just observing. Cultural Relativity is studying another culture from its point of view
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Nussbaum formulated a list of capabilities meant to measure the autonomy and quality of life of a people‚ in particular women of non-western nations. She gives perspective on how her capabilities approach rejects cultural relativism‚ and unnecessary ethnocentrism when dealing with non-western cultures‚ creating feminism more in line with her moral universalist views. What is interesting about Nussbaum’s capabilities approach is its applications in the western world as well. There are many facets of western
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group exists psychologically if three or more people construe and evaluate themselves in terms of shared attributes that distinguish them collectively from other people. Social identity theory addresses phenomena such as prejudice‚ discrimination‚ ethnocentrism‚ stereotyping‚ intergroup conflict‚ conformity normative behavior‚ group polarizations‚ crown behavior‚ organizational behavior‚ leadership‚ deviance‚ and group cohesiveness. Social identity theory was first developed at the start of the 1970s
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of Sealand is fixed‚ inadaptable and is unwilling to accept change. As described in the novel‚ the Sealand woman has a strong conviction that the Tribulation was meant to instigate the evolution of telepaths and eliminate other types of people. Ethnocentrism is clearly shown as she looked down upon the people of Waknuk and Fringes with indifference‚ immediately considering them barbaric savages. From the ejection of the cobweb-like substances that killed the onlookers‚ it proves that her kinds of people
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Geography has inevitably shaped many civilizations. From the deserts isolating the Muslim civilizations to the mountains separating Tibet and India‚ Asia’s geography proved to be more than capable of shaping these civilizations. Geography shaped the Chinese Civilization by providing a stable food source and by isolating it from the West. Stable Food Source China’s geography has provided a stable food source‚ which has given positive and negative effects to the population. Since food was available
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WEEK 1 Three Dimensions of Europe Different perspectives on the same thing‚ but: Europe is not a ‘thing’‚ it is not a fixed entity Europe is complex‚ multi-layered and has a changeable context This applies also for the European culture and/or cultures of Europe Europe consists of different cultures‚ but there might be also a ‘European culture’ ‘The European Mosaic’ (reader p.14) “The most plausible idea of an essential European culture builds on the idea of the Enlightenment‚ which was
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different cultures and not judging their customs‚ such as‚ not good or bad‚ right or wrong. This is known to be culture relativity. The thinking of one’s own group ways is superior to others‚ or judging other groups as inferior to one’s own is called ethnocentrism. They believe that the way of life only goes by their beliefs and values. When certain things are exercised in a culture on a regular basis it becomes value of that culture. For example Tangus play a game called taketak‚ the game isn’t based on
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