Westernization
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23634760 |
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| Authors | Kai Hafez (0009-0000-1339-5089, University of Erfurt), Anne Grüne (University of Erfurt) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Pages | 1-5 |
| Publication date | 2015-12-30 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Race, Ethnicity and Nationalism (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781118663202.wberen490 |
| OpenAlex | W4251220141 |
| ISBN | 9781118663202 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
The concept of “westernization” describes the formative influence of western powers on political, economic, social, and cultural conditions in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. It is mainly used in the prevailing sense of cultural westernization , with reference to the persistent intellectual, creative, and habit‐forming impact of the west on the rest of the world, even after formal decolonization. Proponents welcome the modernizing effects of westernization, critics consider it a form of hegemonic “cultural imperialism.” Although westernization can be substantiated through quantitative data regarding imports and exports, postcolonial studies in particular have qualified the real effects of “western” culture on the rest of the world.
Cultural hegemony · Development economics · Economics · Eurocentrism · Hegemony · Political science · Politics · Social science · Sociology · Superpower · Westernization · Chinese history and philosophy · Globalization and Cultural Identity · History · Japanese History and Culture · Law
| Highly cited | No |
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