ETHNOCENTRISM AND CULTURAL RELATIVISM

• way we live is right and that other people’s way of life are wrong, uncivilized or unnatural

  Ethnocentrism
• "The emotional attitude that one's own race, nation, or culture is superior to all others."

  Ethnocentrism
• the belief that one’s own race,

  ethnic or cultural group is the most important or that some or all aspects of its culture are superior to those of other group

  Ethnocentrism
• Bury their dead inside a cave after a

  mourning ritual where the dead corpse is seated on a wooden chair for 4 days inside the sala or living room

  The Pagan Ibalois of Benguet
• Bury there dead up to the

  mountains(cliff) and leave or hang the

  coffin there on the belief that the

  soul will immediately reach heaven

  The Bontoc Igorot
• Boys and girls are encouraged to

  have sex once they reach the age

  of ten

  The Trukese People of the Caroline Island
• Every male:

  • engages in homosexual activities

  during adolescence

  • Engages in bisexual behavior after

  marriage

  Keraki of New Guinea
• Often kill their baby girls by banging their heads against tree

  Yanomami Indian Women in Brazil
• It is customary for a young woman to cut her clitoris

  In Somalia
• Find our customs of kissing very

  disgusting

  Siriono Indians of Bolivia
• the view that no culture is superior to any other culture when comparing systems of morality, law, politics, etc.

  Cultural Relativism