The myth of the West

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Published: Dec 18, 2005

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Onelio Olivera Blanco
Departamento: Lenguas Extranjeras. ISP Rafael M. de Mendive.

Abstract

The next job leads to some reflections on one of the oldest myths of humanity: the myth of the cultural superiority of what bourgeois historiography called the West as opposed to the alleged low level of development than the same conception calls East. Illustrative examples the fallacy of this view is shown.

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Olivera Blanco, O. (2005). The myth of the West. Mendive. Journal on Education, 4(1), 53–57. Retrieved from https://mendive.upr.edu.cu/index.php/MendiveUPR/article/view/143
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Vol. 4 No. 1 (2005): Oct. -december
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ARTICLES

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