Anthropology 1025F/G Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Franz Boas, Cultural Relativism, Cultural Anthropology
22 Jun 2012
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How would you respond to this question: which culture is best? . Throughout our lives, we are influenced greatly by the cultural environment that we grow up in. Our families, our peers, and members of our society, shape our cultural values and beliefs to a great extent, and as a result, we are inclined to believe that our culture is the ideal way of life. It is from such beliefs, that the concept of ethnocentrism arises. Ethnocentrism is the tendency to judge other cultures by the standards of one"s own culture rather than by the standards of that particular culture (cultural. Ethnocentric views lead many to believe that a specific culture may either be superior or inferior in comparison to another. However, franz boas, who is known to be the founder of. If i was asked which culture is best, my response would support cultural relativism. No single culture is better than the other.
