Explain in brief the difference between Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativism.
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Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativism
Ethnocentrism is the tendency to look at the world primarily from the perspective of one's own culture.
Ethnocentrism often entails the belief that one's own race or ethnic group is the most important or that some or all aspects of its culture are superior to those of other groups. Within this ideology, individuals will judge other groups in relation to their own particular ethnic group or culture, especially with concern to language, behavior, customs, and religion.
Cultural relativism is the belief that the concepts and values of a culture cannot be fully translated into, or fully understood in, other languages; that a specific cultural artifact, for example a ritual, has to be understood in terms of the larger symbolic system of which it is a part. Cultural relativism is the principle that an individual person's beliefs and activities should be understood by others in terms of that individual's own culture.
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Cultural relativism is “the concept of understanding different cultures and respecting their own beliefs.”
On the other hand, “ethnocentrism,” being the opposite end, means that your culture is the ideal, and that no other culture is more acceptable and right than your culture.