Weste
DieWesteofWesterse wêreldverwys naEuropaen 'n groep gemeenskaplike lande. Die termeawendlandenaandland(Latyn:occidens,"sonsondergang, Weste" ) verwys na Europa in 'ndigterlikekonteks. Die idee van 'n Westerse deel van die wêreld begin by die Grieks-Romeinse beskawing,Judaïsme,enChristendom.[1][2][3][4][5]Westerse rasionele enkritiese denkehet 'n fondasie in dieAtheense demokrasievanantieke Griekeland.[6]
Dit kontrasteer met dieOoste,wat die term is wat algemeen geassosieer word met die kulture van lande inOos-Asiëen dieIndiese subkontinent.
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[wysig|wysig bron]- ↑Religions in Global Society – p. 146, Peter Beyer – 2006
- ↑Cambridge University Historical Series,An Essay on Western Civilization in Its Economic Aspects,p. 40: Hebraism, like Hellenism, has been an all-important factor in the development of Western Civilization; Judaism, as the precursor of Christianity, has indirectly had had much to do with shaping the ideals and morality of western nations since the christian era.
- ↑Caltron J.H Hayas,Christianity and Western Civilization(1953), Stanford University Press, p. 2: That certain distinctive features of our Western civilization — the civilization of western Europe and of America— have been shaped chiefly by Judaeo–Graeco–Christianity, Catholic and Protestant.
- ↑Horst Hutter, University of New York,Shaping the Future: Nietzsche's New Regime of the Soul And Its Ascetic Practices(2004), p. 111: three mighty founders of Western culture, namely Socrates, Jesus, and Plato.
- ↑Fred Reinhard Dallmayr,Dialogue Among Civilizations: Some Exemplary Voices(2004), p. 22: Western civilization is also sometimes described as "Christian" or "Judaeo-Christian" civilization.
- ↑Cartledge, Paul (17 Februarie 2011)."The Democratic Experiment"[Die demokratiese eksperiment].BBC(in Engels).Geargiveervanaf die oorspronklike op 24 November 2020.Besoek op24 November2020.
