03-14-2021, 07:10 AM
"Western civilization" is the same thing that used to be known by an older and more precise term, Christendom. I see Christendom as made up of four parts:
-Continental Europe
-the Anglosphere
-Orthodox-Slavic Europe
-South America
The first two are 100% Western, the remaining two are hybrids. The Orthodox-Slavic zone is mostly Western when it comes to culture, but its political tradition is undemocratic and nihilistic when it makes it non-Western (this might be changing if Navalny's movement gathers momentum). Muslims tend to regard Russians as "Western crusaders". When the Japanese navy defeated the Russians in 1905, Muslims rejoiced because a non-White, non-Christian nation defeated a White Christian one.
South America is culturally a mixture of Native, Western and African elements, but its politics is mostly Western with some exceptions like Venezuela. I've seen some attempts at cultural de-Westernization, for example buildings in Peru or Bolivia in a neo-Incan style.
-Continental Europe
-the Anglosphere
-Orthodox-Slavic Europe
-South America
The first two are 100% Western, the remaining two are hybrids. The Orthodox-Slavic zone is mostly Western when it comes to culture, but its political tradition is undemocratic and nihilistic when it makes it non-Western (this might be changing if Navalny's movement gathers momentum). Muslims tend to regard Russians as "Western crusaders". When the Japanese navy defeated the Russians in 1905, Muslims rejoiced because a non-White, non-Christian nation defeated a White Christian one.
South America is culturally a mixture of Native, Western and African elements, but its politics is mostly Western with some exceptions like Venezuela. I've seen some attempts at cultural de-Westernization, for example buildings in Peru or Bolivia in a neo-Incan style.