Cultural relativism tries to counter ethnocentrism by promoting the understanding of cultural practices that are unfamiliar to other cultures such as eating insects, genocides or genital cutting. Take for example, the common practice of same-sex friends in India walking in …

民族中心主义 （英语： ethnocentrism），是一种认为自己的文化优于其他文化的信仰。 具有民族中心主义的个人会判定其他族群与自身族群或文化有关连，尤其是 语言 、行为、 习俗 与 宗教 方面。 这种民族上的民族中心可定义每个族群独特的 文化认同。 [1] “民族中心主义”一词是由 威廉·G·萨姆纳 观察到人们时常区别是否为 内部集团 而创造。 他定义此术语用来形容“认为自身族群是万物中心的观点，而其他族群则与他的族群有著关连”的观念。 [2] 他更进一步描述这种人常会 …

Cultural centralism, also known as ethnocentrism, means that all countries and nations often have a tendency to regard their own lifestyle, beliefs, values and codes of conduct as the best. They used to say, “My culture is superior to others.”

2023年12月7日 · Ethnocentrism in psychology refers to the tendency to view one’s own cultural or ethnic group as superior and to judge other groups based on the values and standards of one’s group. It is the belief that one's own culture is correct and superior compared to other cultures.

Cultural relativism is the practice of assessing a culture by its own standards rather than viewing it through the lens of one’s own culture. Practicing cultural relativism requires an open mind and a willingness to consider, and even adapt to, new values and norms.

Cultural relativism and ethnocentrism are two contrasting perspectives that shape our understanding of different cultures. Cultural relativism emphasizes the importance of understanding and appreciating cultural differences without making value judgments.

In the following text, I propose to distinguish four different types of centrism being influential in intercultural encounters: expansive, integrative, separative, and tentative centrism. Then some examples are given for certain types of centrism in the fields of history and philosophy.

Culture-centrism is a tendency for individuals to judge people of other groups, societies, or lifestyles according to the standards of one’s own in-group or culture, often viewing out-groups as inferior (McAuliffe & Milliken, 2009). Being forced to reverse cover, for someone who comes from a cultural background in which such behavior would be ...

2021年2月20日 · Ethnocentrism, in contrast to cultural relativism, is the tendency to look at the world primarily from the perspective of one’s own culture. Ethnocentrism often entails the belief that one’s own race or ethnic group is the most important or that some or all aspects of its culture are superior to those of other groups.

In the following text, I propose to distinguish four different types of centrism being influential in intercultural encounters: expansive, integrative, separative, and tentative centrism. Then some examples are given for certain types of centrism in the fields of history and philosophy.