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PERSPECTIVE ON CULTURE
OVERVIEW
In this module, the students will be able to find the different ways in which people belonging to
a particular culture view or respond to their culture, relative to other cultures. If one is exposed to a
culture different from one’s own, he/she may feel a sense of ethnocentrism, xenocentrism, cultural
relativism, culture shock, multiculturalism
LEARNING OUTCOME
DISCUSSION
A. ETHNOCENTRISM – is a belief that the elements or the whole identity of one’s culture is
beautiful, strong, and powerful in comparison to other culture. An ethnocentric person will
assume that all that is situated within one culture background is far more superior to others and
that the notion of beauty, intelligence, sense of normality and achievement, should be
measured using the parameters that are used to judge his/her culture. It is the belief that man
is the center of the universe and that time and space emerge in order to emphasize one’s
existence.
Ethnocentric person can be patriotic and nationalistic. The view that one’s culture is
superior to others can lead one person to patronize locally made products and shun
imported goods. However, it can also go to extreme as the holocaust perpetrated by
the Nazi among the Jews in World War II.
B. XENOCENTRISM – is the exact opposite of ethnocentrism. One believes that the culture one
possesses is inferior to others or that part of it is less satisfying – that there is something
inadequate in the culture to which one belongs. This may be manifested in suspicion and
mistrust toward ideas, beliefs, and objects that are indigenous or local.
F. For your activity, explain each perspective from your own point of view and give at least three
(3) examples to prove each perspective. Submit this on Monday, Feb. 8, 2021 in pdf file in the
email.