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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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An effective multicultural pedagogy needs to help students adapt their usual evaluation practices so that they can evaluate cross-culturally without ethnocentricity or relativism. The moment the Soviet Union fell, the world plunged into ethnocentricity," says George Ortiz, a celebrated collector of classical and Middle Eastern antiquities. Although the author attempts to provide some such historical background in chapter 1, the events occurring in East Asia are presented with no internal context and with a clearly American ethnocentricity. |
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