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ethnocentrismViewing other peoples and cultures from the standard of one's own cultural assumptions, customs, and values. In anthropology, ethnocentrism is avoided in preference for a position of relativism. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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What is most distressing about Conservation is Our Government Now is not the author's revelations of cultural chauvinism and conflicts, with only limited assertions of local priorities. Such tortured reasoning comes across as laughable, yet it is not unusual today to hear some Catholics and Protestants brag about their cultural chauvinism, insisting that only music which represents "us" (our style, our culture, today) deserves to be sung in church. |
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