1. summary about Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativism
There are many different ways of looking at culture. This article introduces Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativism. Ethnocentrism is caused by the sense of belonging and consistency in society. And Ethnocentrism evaluates that one's own society is the most superior. Furthermore, Ethnocentrism thinks negatively about other cultures.
On the contrary, Cultural relativism is a view that certain cultures can not be fully understood by any eye. Cultural relativism is a thinking that should be immersed in the culture and should understand the culture.
There are many different ways of looking at culture. This article introduces Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativism. Ethnocentrism is caused by the sense of belonging and consistency in society. And Ethnocentrism evaluates that one's own society is the most superior. Furthermore, Ethnocentrism thinks negatively about other cultures.
On the contrary, Cultural relativism is a view that certain cultures can not be fully understood by any eye. Cultural relativism is a thinking that should be immersed in the culture and should understand the culture.
2. what I learned
I have known about these view before. Because I learned about that when I was a middle school student and high school student. But I first learned that Ethnocentrism may be something that all cultures have in common.
3. I want to discuss about it
This article said Ethnocentrism may be something that all cultures have in common. If so, are there any cases of Ethnocentrism in Korea? I thought 'Korean Wave' as an example of Ethnocentrism. Because Korean people thought the korean culture is superior to foreign cultures, and threw away the globality of music or art and insisted our culture. Also I thought about Multicultural society as an example of Ethnocentrism too. I wonder about other examples or opinions about these two.
umm ethnocentrism in Korea..I think Korea has both side of ethnocentrism and cultural pluralism. The representative example of ethnocentrism is some scornful sights about China or Southeast Asia. Korean tend to evaluate through strength of nations, also their culture. (I wonder we can deperciate China according to this...) And we admire western countries since they have power and richness.
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