Ethos

[Grogie]

The beliefs, culture, ideas etc, etc of a specific group of people. ''The Asian nations are gradually succumbing to the Western ethos and lifestyle.''

[Slava]

Treated here. Is grogie really Sandra Larsen?

It does raise all sorts of issues. Ethos, ethnicity, self, etc. Birds of a feather do tend to flock together, so is racism really racism, or simply fear of the other? Major philosophical discussion available there, as well as a few PhD. theses.