Eurocentrism
Occidental worldview dominance
Eurocentrism is the tendency to interpret history, culture, and progress from a European or Western perspective, often treating it as the norm or pinnacle of civilization.
Critics identify Eurocentrism in educational curricula that emphasize Western achievements while neglecting those of other regions: Eurocentrism shaped how colonialism was taught for generations.
The capitalized form appears more often in academic and formal contexts. (Lowercase eurocentrism is the same word.)
Ending imperial control
- postcolonialismStudy of imperial aftermath
- orientalismInterest in Eastern aesthetics
- subalternJunior commissioned officer
- hybridityMixed-origin quality
Adopting Western cultural practices
- supremacismIdeology claiming group superiority
- chauvinismMilitant devotion to group
- exceptionalismBelief in unique superiority
- hegemonyDominant group's control
primitivism · universalism · ethnocentrism · white supremacy · manifest destiny · triumphalism
Unfair favor toward some
- parochialismExcessive local focus
- provincialismNarrow regional mindset
- insularityNarrow detachment from broader views
- narrow-mindednessClosed thinking, limited perspective
prejudice · distortion · selectivity · omission · marginalization · othering · stereotyping · essentialism
Domination through foreign settlement
- imperialismExtending dominion over others
- civilizing missionClaimed duty to "improve" peoples
- cultural imperialismDominant society imposing its ways
- paternalismControlling others for their good
African-centered cultural framework
- ethnocentricityBelief one's culture supreme
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
decolonization
Ending imperial control
- postcolonialismStudy of imperial aftermath
- orientalismInterest in Eastern aesthetics
- subalternJunior commissioned officer
hybridity · epistemic violence · canon · curriculum · historiography
Westernization
Adopting Western cultural practices
- supremacismIdeology claiming group superiority
- chauvinismMilitant devotion to group
- exceptionalismBelief in unique superiority
hegemony · primitivism · universalism · ethnocentrism · white supremacy · manifest destiny · triumphalism
partiality
Unfair favor toward some
- parochialismExcessive local focus
- provincialismNarrow regional mindset
- insularityNarrow detachment from broader views
narrow-mindedness · prejudice · distortion · selectivity · omission · marginalization · othering · stereotyping · essentialism · reductionism
colonialism
Domination through foreign settlement
- imperialismExtending dominion over others
- civilizing missionClaimed duty to "improve" peoples
- cultural imperialismDominant society imposing its ways
Afrocentrism
African-centered cultural framework
- ethnocentricityBelief one's culture supreme
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
- critical theorydeconstruction, Marxism, feminism, simulacrum, postcolonialism
- postcolonialismorientalism, postcolonialism, subaltern, neocolonialism, mimicry
- WestWestern civilization, Western culture, Western powers, Western values, Westernization
- Asian studiesKorean language, Chinese history, Japanese history, Asian history, Japanese literature
- colonialismcolony, colonization, colonial rule, colonial powers, colonizer
- regional biasregionalism, regional pride, sectionalism, localism, provincialism
Eurocentrismcultural relativism
Understanding norms within their context
multiculturalism · pluralism · decolonization · cosmopolitanism · anti-imperialism
Eurocentrismdecolonization
Ending imperial control
postcolonialism · anti-colonialism · Pan-Africanism · anti-imperialism