It seems that disoccidentation and disoccidented are words that could be used to describe eg the loss of faith in the West. It seems they are little used at all, but might be interestingly if capably employed.
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Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Friday, March 23, 2012
Ex Oriente Lux? Ex Occidente Lux?
To be disoriented is a clear and common expression, though it seems not to have been applied as creatively to culture, societies and history as it might.
As there is a "disenchantment" found in the history of the modern world, and secularization, one might say that there has been a disorientation from the sources of the "West", which originated in the East (ex oriente lux). But if there is a kind of cultural sun-setting of the West in the globalizing, "post-modern" world, then one could say that there is a disoccidentalization ongoing.
As there is a "disenchantment" found in the history of the modern world, and secularization, one might say that there has been a disorientation from the sources of the "West", which originated in the East (ex oriente lux). But if there is a kind of cultural sun-setting of the West in the globalizing, "post-modern" world, then one could say that there is a disoccidentalization ongoing.
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