
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 Defined by Paradox
Columbia university started teaching a course called contemporary civilization. The idea was to demonstrate that american society was the true fulfilment of western history, not germany which had gone awry with kaiserism. I mean, there are certain thinkers who tried to put these things together, like augustine and aquinas. They often disagreed with one another and fought bitterly with one another. And i think that it hasn't really been resolved. Many people still to day feel that they have to take one side or another on questions such as abortion.
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