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What is Cultural Relativism?

If we want or try to understand a foreign culture, it will not be possible if we do not keep our cultural norms, values and beliefs aside. If we don’t do it, it will create biasness in our judgment. We should contemplate their action in the light of their cultural...

The Elements of Culture

Culture is a way of life spend by a specific group of people. Every culture is amalgamation of the following elements, norms, values, beliefs and language. LanguageTo live together in a group the most important part is communication amongst the individuals of the...

Xenocentrism Concept in Sociology

The term Xenocentrism is adopted from a Greek word “Xeno” (pronounced as ZEE-no) which means “foreign guest” or “stranger”. Xenocentrism is the opposite of the sociological term ethnocentrism. As described earlier; ethnocentrism is the phenomenon, when people consider...

Cultural Diffusion

The spreading of a culture from one society to another is known as cultural diffusion. As discussed earlier culture comprises of material and non-material components. Non-material components of culture includes, ideas, values, beliefs and norms whereas, material...

Ethnocentrism

People of different societies have different cultures, there are more differences than commonalities in cultures. Every culture has its own language, study of specific language structure, and manners of communication or conversation. In Middle Eastern countries people...

What is Culture?

Culture refer to the way of life collectively shared by individuals within a particular society. Human beings are social animals, they cannot survive alone or isolated from their fellow beings. Two hundred thousand years ago people started living together in groups...
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