Cultural Relativism Nacirema

Macionis defines ethnocentrism as “The practice of judging another culture by the standards of one’s own culture”. An example of this is the way some Americans criticize traditional Middle Eastern veils as being oppressive to the women who wear them. In American culture, clothing is valued as a way to express yourself and wearing revealing clothing is generally accepted as a way to show off sex appeal. When Americans see a woman walking down the street wearing a burka, hijab, or niqab they might

Body Rituals of the Nacirema, the author Horace Miner makes a very intriguing analysis of the Nacirema culture and their beliefs. Throughout the course of the passage, we are able to see how he closely observes the nacirema culture and tries to understand their living habits and daily lives. Miner explains to us how their culture consists of unusual practices and almost magical rituals. Of course, the work that occurs throughout the passage resembles the work that a cultural anthropologist would

Horace Miner writes about the Nacirema, a culture steeped in magic and superstition. Their ways of life are portrayed as uncivilized and barbaric. The Nacirema perform rituals and rites that are strange to us here in the civilized world. The description and portrayal of this tribe make it very hard for the reader to connect or even begin to understand such a strange people. Miner starts of the article creating an atmosphere of wonderment; “if all of the logically possible combinations of behavior

Rites of Passage Relativism reminds us that all culture has customs that seem bizarre or repugnant to outsiders, though we tend to favor and support our own culture. Cultural relativism grew out of recognition that cultures can be quite diverse in the meanings they assign to the same behaviors and values they embody (Crapo, 2013 sec 1.2). In other words, what is required of us is that we should not confuse our feelings about such a custom without investigating the real understanding of that particular

Instructor Explanation: As Crapo (2013, p.53) notes, cultural relativism is, "the idea that the significance of an act is best understood by the standards of the actor's own culture." In this statement, the student is drawing upon opinion, rather than research on the cultural significance of wearing the veil.   Points Received: 1 of 1   Comments: Question 5. Question : According to your textbook, cultural relativism is exactly the same as moral relativism   Student Answer: True   False   Instructor

is evident when Linda ponders her own cultural insensitivities towards the lu Mien culture, reflects on her own cultural assumptions about pain infliction with regards to immunizations, and wonders whether it is child abuse concurrent with the American law, however; keep in mind, it is a normal practice in lu Mien culture to burn children (Hachen, n.d.) I have come to the conclusion that if an individual wants to work in healthcare they must respect cultural differences of all patients they come

as inferior to his own. This essay will seek to expose whether Herodotus is an ethnocentric or a cultural relativist by exploring the ways in which Herodotus refers to ‘the other’ and the customs and culture of these people. Through the exploration of the Egyptians and the Scythians in Herodotus’s The Histories, this essay will determine that Herodotus’s conception of culture develops from a cultural relativist perspective rather than an ethnocentric point of view, where he uses his own well-known

has evolved into discrete areas, which include feminism and cultural relativism. Feminists and cultural relativists often take opposing positions, with cultural relativist views seen as dominant over feminist discourse (Byrnes 1992). Not surprisingly, this creates tension between the two and limited their ability to collaborate and create more inclusive human rights discourses. This essay will outline the position of feminists and cultural relativists and demonstrate the similarities between them

Defense of Moral Absolutism I find many of the arguments against moral relativism to be very convincing, but for me, there are other reasons why I disagree with that view point, in my opinion it’s hard to reconcile where rules and boundaries come into play. After carefully contemplating these ideas for some time, I’ve come with three more arguments against moral relativism that explain why I largely disagree with it. The first argument being, that it is difficult for a Moral Relativist to explain

Part one How should someone interpret another culture that they are not familiar with? In the study of cultural anthropology there are two terms in which an individual can formulate an opinion on a new cultural setting. The first is ethnocentrism, which is defined by anthropologist as the belief that one’s own way is correct. (Shchultz and Lavenda:2013 28) There are numerous accounts of this ideology throughout history which has resulted into some of worst human acts that were ever committed. When