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  2. Westernization - Wikipedia

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    On top of largely Western government systems such as democracy and constitution, many Western technologies and customs like music, clothing, and cars have been introduced across various parts of the world and copied and created in traditionally non-Western countries. Westernization has been reversed in some countries following war or regime change.

  3. Sanskritisation (linguistics) - Wikipedia

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    During the medieval era, the Indian languages had taken in a lot of Perso-Arabic influences as a result of Muslim invasions, particularly in the northwestern subcontinent; [20] colonial-era education policies, religious nationalism, and the influence of some of the more Sanskritised Indian languages played a role in Hindus and Muslims increasingly separating in terms of their linguistic ...

  4. Sanskritisation - Wikipedia

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    Sanskritisation (or Sanskritization) is a term in sociology which refers to the process by which castes or tribes placed lower in the caste hierarchy seek upward mobility by emulating the rituals and practices of the dominant castes or upper castes.

  5. East-west cultural debate - Wikipedia

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    The Western civilization "intended" to move forward and emphasized struggle, resulting in democracy and science, but lacking in metaphysics; Chinese culture's "desire" is self-acting, harmonious, and moderate, content with the status quo, self-satisfied, and less material than Western culture; Indian civilization, on the other hand, abstained ...

  6. East–West dichotomy - Wikipedia

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    This East-West dichotomy became an accepted part of Western political theory." [ 8 ] Iraqi novelist Dhu'l-Nun Ayyub would include aspects of this concept in his stories. An example can be found in his story " al-Dutkur Ibrahim " that portrays the character, Dr. Ibrahim, being the epitome of evil and corruption, and an anglophile who turns ...

  7. Outline of the history of Western civilization - Wikipedia

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    History of Western civilization – record of the development of human civilization beginning in Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome, and generally spreading westwards. Ancient Greek science, philosophy, democracy, architecture, literature, and art provided a foundation embraced and built upon by the Roman Empire as it swept up Europe, including ...

  8. America’s Real History Is Revealed in ‘Lakota Nation vs ...

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    America’s Real History Is Revealed in ‘Lakota Nation vs. United States,’ a Doc Produced by Mark Ruffalo. Addie Morfoot. July 14, 2023 at 11:15 AM.

  9. Jon Thares Davidann - Wikipedia

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    As a result, in 2019, he published The Limits of Westernization: American and East Asian Intellectuals Create Modernity, 1860–1960, an extended critique of westernization. [3] The work won the Kenneth Baldridge Prize in 2020. [4] Davidann published the essay "The Myth of Westernization" in Aeon Magazine in 2021. [5]