Sentences with phrase «of ethnocentric»

To put it more plainly, I can't help suspect that there is an element of ethnocentric exceptionalism lurking in these protestations that thus - and - such - a-country will gladly pollute their own territory into unlivability when we virtuous white westerners [supposedly] won't.

First off, let's keep in mind that «white supremacist» is (and should be) an extraordinarily potent term: It's a word that has been used to denote truly execrable people, those who trade in racial hatred and fantasies of an ethnocentric hierarchy in which whites reign supreme.

Nana Addo has however rejected the tag and has called on his party folks to run a campaign devoid of ethnocentric comments.

Napaga Tia Sulemana was one of the strongest critics of ethnocentric comments by former Agriculture Minister William Quaitoo who was forced to resign.

Akufo - Addo's poor political leadership, the main guy at the headship of the ethnocentric NPP, has hurt the contemporary legacy and political personhood of Kufuor in several important aspects.

Right under the snooping radar of Akufo - Addo's Lilliputian ministerial nose, diplomatic and non-diplomatic passports reportedly disappeared under mysterious circumstance only to reappear in the company of international drug dealers who, once again, are either reportedly related to the political sniffer dog himself, Akufo - Addo, or to shady persons closely connected to the uppermost echelons of the ethnocentric NPP.

Please note in many ideologies all forms of ethnocentric nationalism are looked down upon.

Not exact matches

Hartman sees Maimoni dean messianism as being able to inspire a more universalistic Jewish ethics and politics than the more ethnocentric view of Halevi.

I think part of it is we are, to some extent, ethnocentric, and we are very nationalistic, and extreme nationalism is a recent trend.

Perhaps, these two lessons in fact are the same: Ethnocentric perversion of the concept of divine election destroyed both the Jewish communities of Europe and the influence of the Church.

Chiefly one who can rationalize and weasel that ancient ethnocentric Israeli fantasy deity out of its monstrousness.

Somehow you have convinced yourself that it's all hunky - dory in the end and you trust this ancient ethnocentric god of the Israelites and what they claimed «he» «said» and wants.

In a world shrunk by travel and communications technologies, one which can no longer afford conflict arising from ethnocentric prejudice, the appreciation of other religious and cultural views is necessary for the survival of the human species.

The historic participation of the Rwandan churches, especially the Roman Catholic Church, in reinforcing ethnocentric thought and behavior both in public life and in the church itself.

The extensive documentation of miracle claims is impressive, but what's really new and useful is Keener's claim that rejection of the miraculous is ethnocentric, particularly Eurocentric.

Isaiah (and all of the OT) = ethnocentric, «We da» best!»

This is THE most obnoxious, uneducated, and just the most hyper ethnocentric post I've seen in the entire annals of my life's history

He hopes to correct the common Jewish interpretations of chosenness that lead to «ethnocentric supremacy, cultural isolation, and the defamation of other religions.»

In 1933 the Güstrow Confession of the so - called «Faith Movement of German Christians,» whom Busch labels as centrists, confessed Christ while also asserting that «God has determined the fate of ethnicities» and genuflecting before «God's leading in the ethnocentric renewal of our fatherland.»

Now, keep going... and find out that the ancient Middle Eastern Hebrew ethnocentric war god, YHWH, is a fantasy, just like all of the other gods dreamed up by humans.

From the beginning, Jesus, the teacher of discipleship, had been implicitly challenging the illusion of a nationalist, ethnocentric kingdom coupled with a militant messiah.

I think Muslim's, as a whole, are extremely ethnocentric (more so than most cultures), uneducated (not their fault due to the fact their religion is dominated by morons), and are the most whiny and vengeful (they hold grudges forever) group of people I've ever met.

The Third World taught me how ethnocentric that preoccupation was: secularization is today a worldwide phenomenon, it is true, but one far more entrenched in North America and Europe than anywhere else, so that a more global perspective inevitably provides a more balanced view of the phenomenon.

There is little concern about whether the descriptions and ideas this form of interpretation yields are ethnocentric and / or anachronistic, so long as they are relevant to the present.

A similar irony, I think, struck Derrida (though I'm not a fan, generally) when he said that the very idea of ethnocentrism was ethnocentric!

Moreover, that measuring solitary infant sleep, in the context of bottle feeding is appropriate is ethnocentric as solitary sleep is unique to a small corner of the world, the industrialized West..

While I may not be a fan of the NPP, I know their presidential candidate is not tribalistic or ethnocentric.

Fundamentally, how should we evaluate these ideas of the good while steering clear of the equally dangerous poles of relativism and ethnocentric generalization?

According to the MFWA, ``... while campaigning in the Upper West Region, the President of Ghana and leader of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), His Excellency John Dramani Mahama opted to use very ethnocentric and divisive campaign language.

-- which invites answers measuring how well non-western countries fare in relation to a presumed model of western secularism — I start from liberal democratic ideals and assume that they are not ethnocentric: human rights, freedom, equality and democracy are universal aspirations.

He said some of the threat messages he received came from social media users who abused him based on «ethnocentric pomposity».

Where as other ethnocentric forms of nationalism are then seen as Equalist movements to balance the roles of power and revolting against the oppressors, see Malcom X for instance.

«Should he fail to quit this office voluntarily and now, we call on the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo, to fire him immediately as a mark of his revulsion against this unprovoked and reckless ethnocentric bigotry against the entire people of the three Northern Regions».

Akufo - Addom's comment comes on the back of a wave of bashing President John Mahama received for making some remarks deemed ethnocentric against the running mate of the NPP,...

Call me ethnocentric, but I was born in the Northern Territories of the British Protectorate of the Gold Coast Colony and only joined Ghana after the plebiscite in 1956; therefore I am very sensitive to other citizens not respecting our customs and traditions as well, including the President as first citizen for the meantime.

A portion of a statement issued by the former President read: I find it distasteful that aside making ethnocentric references accusing the NPP Presidential candidate of being tribalistic, she also insinuated that because I was the Founder of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), the electorate in the Volta Region should vote for the party on that basis.

If she had gone on that trail, all you could be doing is to challenge her on the basis of legal and judicial arguments and not the ethnocentric... it is because she threw the thing in that realm that is why she got it wrong,» charged Mr. Baako stated.

Mr. Quaitoo, who is also the Member of Parliament for Akim Oda, faced the scorn of the public, the National Democratic Congress Minority, and some civil society groups, for making ethnocentric comments, after saying northern farmers could not be trusted in their assessment of the damage from the army worm.

The Akim Oda MP, William Quaitoo, tendered in his resignation in August 2017, following pressure from the Minority, and some civil society groups for making ethnocentric comments, which was triggered during a conversation on how government has dealt with the fall army worm invasion in the three regions of the North.

Nana Akufo - Addo said these are ethnocentric comments by a President who has no plans of presiding over a unified country, and he is willing to say and do anything to win an election.

Mr Amaliba was speaking on TV3's New Day on Saturday as regards the resignation of William Agyapong Quaitoo, who succumbed to pressure after comments deemed ethnocentric.

A former deputy agric minister under the Akufo - Addo - led government was forced to resign under similar circumstance when he was accused of making ethnocentric comments, though he apologised profusely.

The former deputy minister was heavily criticised for making what many considered ethnocentric comments with regards to people from the north in the heat of the destructive fall armyworms invasion.

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) legislators want President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo to fire the deputy agric minister «as a mark of his revulsion against this unprovoked and reckless ethnocentric bigotry against the entire people of the three Northern Regions».

Both the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) have accused each other of engaging in ethnocentric politics in the heat of their respective campaigns.

Obasanjo now writes of the Buhari administration's ethnocentric governance: «This has led to wittingly or unwittingly making the nation more divided and inequality has widened and become more pronounced.

The Akim Oda MP tendered in his resignation on Thursday, following pressure from the Minority, and some civil society groups for making ethnocentric comments, which was triggered during a conversation on how government has dealt with the fall army worm invasion in the three regions of the North.

The NDC has in some instances accused Nana Addo for silently condoning supposed ethnocentric comments made by some members of his party.

First, I noticed you nobly emphasized the need to reach out to the opposition (and I understand the urgency of that given the volatile polarization of the country), but (as paradoxical as this may seem), please extend your reach to the global sphere as well by prioritizing the poor and the vulnerable not only at home, but everywhere USA leadership has (historically and continuously) contributed to the impoverishment and oppression of ordinary people — let this be driven by an idea of justice based on complicity in harm, not on ethnocentric and depoliticized charity.

This does help to counter a traditional overemphasis on western societies and an ethnocentric bias in the treatment of other societies.