ANTHR-130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Cultural Relativism, Ethnocentrism
24 Aug 2020
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Uses a cross-cultural perspective, because culture is often invisible . Taylors definition that complex whole which includes knowledge, belief, arts, morals, law, custom, and any other capabilities and habits acquired by man as a member of society. Geertz definition control mechanisms- plans, recipes, rules, instructions, what. Kottaks thoughts cultural traditions include customs and opinions, developed computer engineers call programs for the governing of behavior over the generations of proper and improper behavior . The most critic element is their transmission through learning . Different groups in society struggle with one another over whose ideas, values, goals, and beliefs will prevail (kottak) Cultural relativism: the perspective of each culture as understood by its own. Ethnocentricism: viewing things from your perspective and judging people. Cultural relativism : the perspective that each culture must be understood according to rules its own terms, ideas, and beliefs. spend a lot of money.
