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Europocentric, a.|ˌjʊərəʊpəˈsɛntrɪk|
[f. Europe + -o + -centric.]
Having or regarding Europe as its centre; presupposing the supremacy of Europe and Europeans in world culture, etc. Cf. Eurocentric a. s.v. Euro- 1.
1934in Webster. 1958B. Magee Go West, Young Man 251 Young men..have a real need to get outside Europe, to stop thinking in a Europocentric way, to learn at first hand about the Great Powers who now make the running in the world. 1969New Scientist 27 Feb. 473/2 How far Marx's nineteenth century europocentric vision is..applicable to the second half of the twentieth century is debatable. 1977G. Clark World Prehist. (ed. 3) p. xv, Greater efforts have been made to avoid viewing prehistory from a Europocentric point of view. 1980Dædalus Spring 80 If one were to brand an age as inward-turning and Europocentric, the Reformation and the Enlightenment are possibly better candidates than the Middle Ages. 1982Times Lit. Suppl. 18 June 673/2 Reaction to the Europocentric writing of African history which was common up to twenty years ago.
Hence Europoˈcentrism, the idea or practice of placing Europe at the centre of one's world-view.
1960Times Lit. Suppl. 1 July 422/4 Professor Hall briefly indicates the kind of work which is needed to avoid ‘Europocentrism’. 1974Times 16 Apr. 7/3 The People's Daily today sharply attacked ‘Europocentrism’ and the idea that Greek and Roman classical culture are at the root of modern thinking. 1979I. Berlin Against Current 354 This wellnigh universal Europocentrism may at least in part account for the fact that the vast explosion..of anti-imperialism..remained so largely unpredicted. |