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Unlocked: Myth of the Month 8: "The West"

Historiansplaining: A historian tells you why everything you know is wrong

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The West Is More Individualistic Than Other Societies, Right?

So this no of the west is distinctly scientific and rationalist. It it really breaks down, right? It does not describe most western people or most of western history. And that's ally a limited set of people. There are people like that in other parts of the world. In japan or in brazil, ight? That was nineteenth century logical positivism. Arguably that kind of arch rationalist philosophy, if you want to call it, that was more influential in bBrazil than in any other country. So lastly, we could also say, well, the the distinct ideology of theWest is not greco roman or judao christian, or scientific rational

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