Universal

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  • Gilles Bibeau Université de Montréal, Canada

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47854/anthropen.v1i1.52278

Keywords:

Universalism, hegemony, Globalization

Abstract

We may well wonder why Western civilization has been the most consistent in practicing a universal overhang that, in the age of empires, ended up transforming itself into a domineering hegemony. The export of philosophies, languages and religions from Europe did not extend, at least not with the same intensity, to China, India, the Arab world, the Ottomans, the Incas and the Aztecs, and a few African kingdoms. Of course, these non-Western civilizations also pondered the question of universalism, but they neither had the capacity, nor felt the need, to impose "their universal" on conquered peoples. It was in Europe that the theme of universality was elevated to the status of an absolute.

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2023-10-10

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