Ethnocentric Quotes
- Translation rewrites a foreign text in terms that are intelligible and interesting to readers in the receiving culture. Doing so is akin to committing an… — Lawrence Venuti
- What moves me is neither ethnocentric pride nor sectarian arrogance. I make no claim that Jewish culture is superior to other cultures. But it is… — Theodore Bikel
- Since the time of Homer every European, in what he could say about the Orient, was a racist, an imperialist, and almost totally ethnocentric. — Edward Said
- ...we cannot simply recommend love and compassion per se, for those unfold from egocentric to ethnocentric to worldcentric, and do we really want an increase… — Ken Wilber
- Shambhala vision is universal. It has no bias towards one type of culture or group. It is not ethnocentric and does not encourage one specific… — Sakyong Mipham
- I would like travelers, especially American travelers, to travel in a way that broadens their perspective, because I think Americans tend to be some of… — Rick Steves