Ethnocentrism is judging other culture with the standards of one's own culture. In the process of ethnocentrism, individual tends to judge the other culture as wrong and right according to the norms and values of his own culture. This makes the other culture sometimes seem peaceful and sometimes destructive.
It is a belief that one's own culture is superior than that of others. For example: Europeans see themselves as more civilized and the people of third world as more barbaric. So this is a subjective phenomena and sometimes the judgement can be very far from the reality.
Ethnocentrism is also taken as one of the causes and effect of war and it contributes in radicalization of the ideology of oneself. In Group Favoritism and Out Group Derogation are the key concepts of Ethnocentrism perspective.
Group members tend to construct consensual beliefs also known as group realities which reflects more ethnocentric characters than the objective reality. The group realities are produced and reproduced over time creating a radicalization of the group invigorating the in-group behaviors towards the outsiders. Series of intra-group as well as inter-group micro-processes such as selective attention, confirmation biases, vigilance etc. help in maintenance and reinforcement of the group realities.
These group realities are manifested in the forms of dehumanization, stereotyping and discrimination of the outer-group in a formal environment. The manifestation of group realities in such forms tend to create a conflict and even a war between the groups.
It is a belief that one's own culture is superior than that of others. For example: Europeans see themselves as more civilized and the people of third world as more barbaric. So this is a subjective phenomena and sometimes the judgement can be very far from the reality.
Ethnocentrism is also taken as one of the causes and effect of war and it contributes in radicalization of the ideology of oneself. In Group Favoritism and Out Group Derogation are the key concepts of Ethnocentrism perspective.
Group members tend to construct consensual beliefs also known as group realities which reflects more ethnocentric characters than the objective reality. The group realities are produced and reproduced over time creating a radicalization of the group invigorating the in-group behaviors towards the outsiders. Series of intra-group as well as inter-group micro-processes such as selective attention, confirmation biases, vigilance etc. help in maintenance and reinforcement of the group realities.
These group realities are manifested in the forms of dehumanization, stereotyping and discrimination of the outer-group in a formal environment. The manifestation of group realities in such forms tend to create a conflict and even a war between the groups.
