
Published online:
21 March 2013
Published in print:
02 January 2009
Online ISBN:
9780226435725
Print ISBN:
9780226435701
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Ethnocentrism Defined Ethnocentrism Defined
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Ethnocentrism as a Consequence of Realistic Group Conflict Ethnocentrism as a Consequence of Realistic Group Conflict
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Ethnocentrism as an Outgrowth of the Authoritarian Personality Ethnocentrism as an Outgrowth of the Authoritarian Personality
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Ethnocentrism as an Expression of Social Identity Ethnocentrism as an Expression of Social Identity
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Ethnocentrism as an Outcome of Natural Selection Ethnocentrism as an Outcome of Natural Selection
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Conclusions Conclusions
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OXFORD ACADEMIC STYLE
Kinder, Donald R., and Cindy D. Kam, 'Four Theories in Search of Ethnocentrism', Us Against Them: Ethnocentric Foundations of American Opinion (Chicago, IL , 2009; online edn, Chicago Scholarship Online, 21 Mar. 2013), https://doi.org/10.7208/chicago/9780226435725.003.0002, accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
CHICAGO STYLE
Kinder, Donald R., and Cindy D. Kam. "Four Theories in Search of Ethnocentrism." In Us Against Them: Ethnocentric Foundations of American Opinion University of Chicago Press, 2009. Chicago Scholarship Online, 2013. https://doi.org/10.7208/chicago/9780226435725.003.0002.
Abstract
This chapter analyzes four theories that claim to speak to ethnocentrism. These theoretical perspectives include ethnocentrism as a consequence of realistic group conflict, as an outgrowth of the authoritarian personality, as an expression of social identity, and as an outcome of natural selection. The chapter analyzes the nature of ethnocentrism and discusses the explanation associated with William Graham Sumner, Daniel Levinson, Henri Tajfel, and Edward O. Wilson.
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