Discourses of civilization and modernity relied on repressing the non-Western Other

Evidence

It insists on the recognition of the extent to which the discourses of civilization, refinement, and modernity were always constructed on the basis of the repression of the dark side of Enlightenment, represented by the Others relegated to the invisibility of its margins. — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 484

Categorization

• XREF: Chimes with the reader’s foundational vocabulary on how the ‘Other’ is discursively constructed; ties to biopolitics/genealogy threads. — connects to: Claimed cultural crisis rhetoric drew on a shared vocabulary borrowed from earlier sources — Alex Callinicos, Against Postmodernism: A Marxist…, 533; Civilization is a modern European construction that defines Europeans by excluding their barbarian others — , Stephanie B. Martens - Civilization and…, 33; The concept of civilization emerged only in the modern era — , Stephanie B. Martens - Civilization and…, 37 (+2 more)