Edward B.Tylor and other eighteenth-century thinkers asserted that "primitives" around the world would eventually evolve through the stages of barbarism to become civilized like Europeans, but that these "primitives" would need some help from the civilized world to reach this ultimate, ideal stage. This perception that Western society is the center of the civilized world and that non-Western societies are inherently inferior is called __________.

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This perception is called ethnocentrism, which is the belief in the inherent superiority of one's own ethnic group or culture.

Edward BTylor and Other Eighteenth-Century Thinkers Asserted That "Primitives" Around the the World