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Re:Is Tribalism a Natural Malfunction? What computers teach ... by crispinb on Sunday September 24, 2017 @04:13AM (#15323844)
Hardly that I would think. The anti-tribal direction of modern world history originated in the Enlightenment, which, although catalysed by contacts with Muslim, Indian and Chinese civilisations, was nothing if not profoundly 'Western'.
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Re:Is Tribalism a Natural Malfunction? What computers teach ... by vikiomega9 on Sunday September 24, 2017 @08:14AM (#15324398)
How is "western/christian/european" different from "western"?

EDIT: the current framework of international order has roots in Westphalian notions of nation states, which is indeed christian and european.

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