No, the concept of “Western civilization” is much older than the cold War, and t...

dragonwriter on March 5, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Studying the demise of historic civilisations

No, the concept of “Western civilization” is much older than the cold War, and the West in it is more in reference to the East-West Schism (or perhaps the East/West split of the Roman Empire) than the Cold War.