Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativism: some reflections

Authors

  • Paulo Meneses Universidade de São Paulo. Escola de Artes, Ciências e Humanidades Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2237-1095.v10p1-10

Keywords:

Ethnocentrism, Ideologies, Policies, Prejudice, Cultural relativism

Abstract

This paper presents ethnocentrism as an impervious prejudice spread over all peoples and times. Conceived in this way, ethnocentric ideologies come from ethnocentrism and this righteously explains this prejudice. Furthermore, discriminatory and imperialistic policies are the counterparts of cultural relativism which by recognizing and giving value to a the variety of cultures gives a sound basis for a real understanding of the issue and it also allows for truly human relationships among peoples.

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Author Biography

  • Paulo Meneses, Universidade de São Paulo. Escola de Artes, Ciências e Humanidades

    Philosophy from the Federal University of PernambucoRecife, PE, Pernambuco,and a diploma in Political Science from the Institut d'Études Politiques de Paris -SciencesPo, Paris, France. He was the main translator of Hegel's works into Portuguese. This text was originally published in 1999 by the journal Symposium (closed 2009), Catholic University of Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Pernambuco.

    This version was revised, with the inclusion of explanatory notes and updating to the latest spelling reform by Professor Jorge Machado of the School of Arts, Sciences and Humanities of the University of São Paulo,São Paulo, SP, Brazil. We thank Rector Pedro Rubens e Oliveira and the Catholic University of Pernambuco for the authorization for republication.

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Published

2020-08-16

Issue

Vol. 10 No. 1 (2020)

Section

Ensaios

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Ethnocentrism and Cultural Relativism: some reflections. (2020). Management & Public Policies Journal, 10(1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2237-1095.v10p1-10