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This 5 page paper provides an overview and a critique of an article by Margalit & Burma on occidentalism. The concept is explored and related to recent events. The essay focuses on why the United States and other western states are hated, and why they should not be. Religion is discussed along with ideas from philosophers Aristotle and Marx. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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purpose of discussing what to do about modern western civilization. It was a philosophical pursuit. The people of Japan were bent on getting away from Western ideology and embracing Eastern
ideals as they did once before. Indeed, the problem persists now into the twenty-first century. Why does the world hate Western civilization, with an emphasis on the United States? It
seems that much of the morality that the west enveloped has been lost to commercialism and globalization. There are many critics of the success of western society and it is
suggested that something very important has been lost. Many are familiar with these complaints. After the September 11th attacks, the world found out that the Islamic world was displeased
with the immorality to emanate from the U.S. This article addresses the very issue, noting that the primary characteristics of the Western enemy according to Osama bin Laden, or
other Islamic extremists, are things such as materialism, liberalism, capitalism, humanism, rationalism, individualism, decadence, and moral laxity (Margalit & Buruma , 2002). The article goes on to note
that war against the West is in part "a war against a particular concept of citizenship and community" (Margalit & Buruma , 2002, p.PG). The author explains that the things
Occidentalists hate about the West are not just the ones that inspire hatred ; some hate the US because they had been helped by the US, or because they
were not helped (2002). In other words, there is no clear cut reason for the hatred. Some however resent the way that the US helped their own governments stay
in power (2002). This is understandable. One could say that globalization, a trend that has been problematic, has helped the big conglomerates at the expense of the local people, and
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