Problem
Inappropriate projection of values onto other cultures
Other Names:
False assumptions concerning universal desirability of national lifestyleUniversal imposition of a way of life
Claim:
Westerners tend to believe that they alone understand world problems. The ideas currently in fashion in Western circles are presented as truths of general validity and application. It is not only expected that other countries should adopt them but that they will be constrained by reality to do so. This is irrespective of the fact that the Western ideas in fashion tend to change from decade to decade.
Broader Problems:
Inappropriate assumptionsOver-simplification of social concepts Narrower Problems:
Culture-bound psychological disordersImposition of national priorities on other countriesCultural blindness in the application of research results Related Problems:
Voluntary unemploymentInappropriate infant feeding strategies Aggravates:
Media imperialismFalse medicalizationLifestyle discriminationAbuse of cultural valuesIrresponsible nationalismMonotonous quality of lifeInternational aid paternalismJeopardization of universalityAggressive display of affectionInternational political disunityUndervaluation of community wealthLack of variety of social life formsErroneous "business as usual" projectionsInadequate models of socio-economic developmentConflicting interpretations of universal human rightsWesternization of traditional modes of life in developing countries Reduced By:
Collapse of common valuesStrategies:
Promoting desirability of universal lifestyleDiscrediting assumption of universal desirability of national lifestyleImposing universal way of lifeImposing universal way of life Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems Subject(s):
Life → Life Experiential Activity → Experiential activity
Culture → Culture
Policy-making → Future
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Date of last update
02.01.2018 – 17:35 CET