Eurocentrism

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Eurocentrism is a worldview and intellectual framework that centers Europe and European experiences as universal norms, often marginalizing or devaluing non-European histories, cultures, and perspectives.

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Eurocentrism canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural bias ⓘ
epistemological position ⓘ
ideology ⓘ
intellectual framework ⓘ
worldview ⓘ
associatedWith Western imperialism ⓘ
colonial discourse ⓘ
colonialism ⓘ
centers Europe ⓘ
European culture ⓘ
European experiences ⓘ
European history ⓘ
contrastedWith Afrocentrism ⓘ
pluriversal epistemologies ⓘ
polycentric worldviews ⓘ
critiquedBy Aníbal Quijano ⓘ
Dipesh Chakrabarty ⓘ
Edward Said ⓘ
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o ⓘ
Samir Amin ⓘ
critiquedFor cultural hierarchy ⓘ
epistemic injustice ⓘ
historical distortion ⓘ
critiquedIn critical race theory ⓘ
decolonial studies ⓘ
postcolonial theory ⓘ
world-systems theory ⓘ
devalues non-Western knowledge systems ⓘ
frames Europe as origin of modernity ⓘ
European experience as universal human experience ⓘ
influences global development discourse ⓘ
historiography ⓘ
international relations theory ⓘ
school curricula ⓘ
social sciences ⓘ
marginalizes non-European cultures ⓘ
non-European histories ⓘ
non-European perspectives ⓘ
naturalizes European dominance in world history ⓘ
obscures colonial violence ⓘ
non-European contributions to philosophy ⓘ
non-European contributions to science ⓘ
prioritizes European cultural achievements ⓘ
European historical narratives ⓘ
European philosophical traditions ⓘ
relatedTo Orientalism ⓘ
Western-centrism ⓘ
treatsAsUniversalNorm European knowledge systems ⓘ
European modernity ⓘ
European values ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Western canon → associatedWithDebate → Eurocentrism ⓘ
Needham Question → relatedTo → Eurocentrism ⓘ
Moving the Centre → mainSubject → Eurocentrism ⓘ
Moving the Centre → critiques → Eurocentrism ⓘ
Samir Amin → notableWork → Eurocentrism ⓘ
The Destruction of Black Civilization → mainSubject → Eurocentrism ⓘ
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