ANTH 195 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Ethnocentrism, Relativism
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Ethnocentrism- judging other cultures by one"s own cultural values; viewing one"s own cultural beliefs and practices as superior- ethnocentric fallacy. (reference robbin"s quote as an example (pg. Cultural relativism-belief that a culture should not be judged by the standards of another culture. (reference robbin"s quote (pg. Ethnocentric fallacy-the idea that our beliefs and behaviors are right and true. Relativistic fallacy-the idea that it is impossible to make moral judgments about the beliefs and behaviors of others. How can people begin to understand beliefs and behaviors that are different from their own? (pg. Collection of symbols or words that reveals character; a text inscribed with the symbols that reveal the ideas about time and work that characterizes the civilization that produced the object; words, gestures, drawings, natural objects, anything that carries meaning. Holmes explaining ( reading ) watsons" late brother"s watch- he was a careless and drunk man.
