![]() ![]() ![]() That's why even Russia normally adds South Korea and Japan to "The West". Well, normally when we refer to the west today we mean NATO countries and dependants (close allies, whatever you want to call it). This operates on the false assumption that conflict is inherently inter-civilisational. I use the political definition of west since it represents a clear political block with shared interests and shared actions rather than some sort of dubious cultural grouping which cannot be backed in any meaningful way. ![]() The two main distinctions between those two empires are meaningless to modern Eastern and Western Europe, the language difference is meaningless since no language in Eastern Europe is derived from Greek and the religious difference certainly doesn't explain Eastern European culture when a significant part of Eastern Europe are Catholic or protestant (which derives from the Latin church). You are trying to make an artificial distinction between the Western and Eastern Roman empires cultures which is highly anachronistic. There is no unique indo-European tradition eastern Europe is derived from. ![]() Russian culture cannot seriously be positioned in any cultural grouping besides Western culture, not in the sources it draws inspiration from nor the cultures it influences.Įastern europe: traces their origins back to indoeuropeans under he influence of the eastern roman empire (for example the adoption of orthodoxy). Furthermore historical Russian culture is seen as par of Western Canon, Russian literature, art and music are well known in the west. Russian culture has the exact same origins as cultures in Western Europe and bases itself on Roman and Greek texts. If Greece is considered part of the cultural west, which it is, then the USSR also belongs to it. Nope it wouldnt be, they where under a different cultural and historical tradition (dating back to the western and eastern roman empieres). ![]()
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