(noun) The tendency to value goods and culture or even ideas from a country other than one’s own as better. Show Example of Xenocentrism
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Related TermsCite the Definition of XenocentrismASA – American Sociological Association (5th edition) Bell, Kenton, ed. 2013. “xenocentrism.” In Open Education Sociology Dictionary. Retrieved July 31, 2022 (https://sociologydictionary.org/xenocentrism/). APA – American Psychological Association (6th edition) xenocentrism. (2013). In K. Bell (Ed.), Open education sociology dictionary. Retrieved from https://sociologydictionary.org/xenocentrism/ Chicago/Turabian: Author-Date – Chicago Manual of Style (16th edition) Bell, Kenton, ed. 2013. “xenocentrism.” In Open Education Sociology Dictionary. Accessed July 31, 2022. https://sociologydictionary.org/xenocentrism/. MLA – Modern Language Association (7th edition) “xenocentrism.” Open Education Sociology Dictionary. Ed. Kenton Bell. 2013. Web. 31 Jul. 2022. <https://sociologydictionary.org/xenocentrism/>. Xenocentrism (the opposite of ethnocentrism) is a sociological concept that means love, liking, or preference for another culture. In other words, considering other cultures better and superior to one’s own culture is xenocentrism. With the rise of globalization, different cultures came in close contact with each other. People across the world got exposure to other cultures. It either resulted in ethnocentrism or xenocentrism. With the xenocentric impact of globalization, people began to love the foreign culture to an extent that they adopted the lifestyle and practices of that culture. Media and the internet are the primary drivers behind it. With the widespread diffusion of the internet, one is easily getting exposure to other cultures and people; learning their lifestyle, preferences, dress code, values, norms, and everything associated with the culture. The impacts of xenocentrism are devastating. For example, many cultures wither away completely in the sense that strong cultures subsume the weak ones. Consequently, they cease to exist. Examples and Impacts of XenocentrismThere are multiple examples of xenocentrism. In Pakistan, we can see a huge impact of western culture on Pakistani culture. Pakistani society is importing the elements of western culture from dramas, movies, social media, etc. They are adopting this culture at the expense of their own culture. The girlfriend boyfriend culture, Valentine’s day, late-night parties, rap music, English language, etc are all being favored and considered superior to own local culture. Hence, the traditional norms, values, ethics, arts, and architecture are fizzling out under the influence of foreign culture. Similarly, under the influence of xenocentrism, language extinction is not uncommon. For example, born out of colonialism and due to inherent colonial mentality, Pakistani society tends to see English as a superior language to Urdu. Thereby, people try to learn and teach English to the next generation. A common observation is English has become the first language of the elite class while Urdu is considerably getting limited to the middle class. Moreover, to some extent, xenocentrism results in the migration of people to their preferred culture. For instance, people from Asia mostly prefer to live in western countries owing to their cultural superiority. Similarly, those who are already there for studies or jobs do not prefer to come back. To cap it all, xenocentrism evolved with globalization and people to people contact. It impacted different cultures in different ways. Some cultures are growing and evolving while others are dying due to it.
Xenocentrism Xenocentrism is the preference for the products, styles, or ideas of someone else's culture rather than of one's own. The concept is considered a subjective view of cultural relativism. One example is the romanticization of the noble savage in the 18th-century primitivism movement in European art, philosophy and ethnography. Editors Contribution(3.00 / 1 vote)
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