Cultural hegemony

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comes into play the moral claims are literally just feelings of approval and disapproval. Meaning that if discussion about gay marriage was to come up, and someone says that they approve of it, then they are saying that they approve gay marriage. Cultural Relativism is the moral beliefs of a culture. So, whatever the culture says is a right thing to do they can do. Yes, may be wrong in other cultures, but because they say it is fine in theirs then it is. The same thing goes…

Although in the United States the development of "anthropological" thought had been developed by different authors in the nineteenth century under the perspective called “Social Darwinism”, it is in the early twentieth century when Anthropology emerges as a modern discipline with a theoretical and methodological corpus that allowed its professionalization and inclusion within the university programs of the country. The greatest exponent of anthropology in the United States during the first half…

How does culture become reconfigured for different audiences and how does that reproduce inequality? Who ascribes value to “high” and “low” culture? In order to answer these questions, we must look further into the rise and fall of American culture. Culture is not something tangible that anyone can put under a telescope to examine, it changes all the time. When the problem of culture comes into play in any point of American history it begins with the separation of class. This separation is…

What is Cultural Appropriation? It is hard being a minority in America. The struggle for identity is a common thread amongst minority communities in this country and that issue is constantly exasperated by the white washed media. According to Susan Scafidi, cultural appropriation is “taking intellectual property, traditional knowledge, cultural expressions, or artifacts from someone else's culture without permission.” (Scafidi) I would add that using those artifacts to make a profit is what…

Are all Cultures Just as Valid? “When in Rome, do as the Romans do.” To understand cultural relativism, we must first understand what culture is. The word “culture” originally meant care for growing living things, such as plants. A culture is a set of ideas and ways of acting that is developed by a group of people who interact with each other, and that influences how they live. Cultures are passed down from generation to generation through words, through expressive actions, and through things…

1) Define a. Moral nihilism- choosing to believe there are no morally right or wrong viewpoints. b. Ethical relativism- choosing to believe that there is no universal moral truth. Whether an action is right or wrong depends on the moral norms of the society in which it is practiced. c. Hard universalism- the idea that there is one universal moral code, an ethical view something is either right or wrong. d. Moral subjectivism- moral views are merely inner states in a person and that they can’t be…

Four adult generations currently reside in New Braunfels: the Silent, born between 1928 – 1945, the Baby Boomers (1946 – 1964), Generation X (1965 – 1980), and the Millennials (1980 and the mid – 2000’s). The majority of our business and civic leaders are Baby Boomers and Generation X. However, the time is nearing when the Millennials will be the new generation of leaders and decision makers. Let’s see how the Millennials will connect, get involved, and what impact will they have on our…

disagree with this form of discipline. While I respect and enjoy the vast diversity of our world I do believe that cultural…

Since the 1960s, many marketers have used countercultural ideas for attracting customers to efficiently sell their products. In his essay, “Commodify Your Dissent”, Thomas Frank insists that consumerism is "no longer about 'conformity' but about “difference.” Thomas Frank based on the idea of counterculture that is one of the groups which has a responsibility for breaking existing rules of the society. In my opinion, I think his assertion is right because to stimulate, people to buy the…