Ethnocentrism

1
Ethnocentrism

• Judge others according to the values of your own
  society
• Misinterpret other cultures because you use the
  concepts of your own culture

2
Ethnocentrism

• All societies are ethnocentric.
• Western ethnocentrism has had great impact on the
  world

3
Cultural relativism

• Understand the values and customs of another
  culture in terms of that culture
• Make the effort to understand the other culture
  in its own terms
• Be hesitant about judging
• Try to understand, not necessarily to accept or
  agree

4
Moral relativism

• The position that there is no way for us as
  individuals to judge right from wrong. This would
  mean that, as individuals, we could never
  disapprove of what any society did.
• NOT PRACTICED BY ANTHROPOLOGISTS

5
When confronting the culturally unfamiliar

• React emotionally/ethnocentrically(privately
  when it is not appropriate to show your reaction)
• Suspend judgment, investigate, try to be
  culturally relative
• Reach a thoughtful personal judgment