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Eurozentrismus ✨

“The West is the actor, the Orient a passive reactor. The West is the spectator, the judge and jury, of every facet of Oriental behavior.”

Dehumanization

The Orient(al) as one static, homogenous mass

Islam as a failed imitation of the Christian faith

The “Aryan myth”

Herder mentioned

“[…] learned reliance on the Orient as a kind of womb out of which they were brought forth.”