Anthropology › Section A · What is anthropology? › Topic A.3
Overcoming ethnocentrism
Everyone grows up thinking their own ways are simply normal. Anthropology names that tendency, shows how it was turned into stereotypes that justified empire, and teaches habits for seeing past it.
In this topic
- That feels wrong
- Enculturation
- Ethnocentrism
- When ethnocentrism meets power
- Self and other
- Primitivism
- Orientalism
- Worked example: a holiday advert
- Worked example: a film villain
- Habits for overcoming ethnocentrism
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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