Guénon posited an inverse reform differential between East and West

Evidence

For the first time in history the axis of Occidental civilization was displaced toward the North, and for many centuries it remained between the Seine and the Rhine. And the Germanic peoples, which had hitherto played only the negative part of destroyers, were now called upon to play a positive part in the reconstruction of European civilization. — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 135 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: East Germany’s nominally revolutionary resettler policy proved more restorative than West’s — Manuel Borutta and Jan C. Jansen, Vertriebene and Pieds-Noirs in Postwar…, 395; Guénon held that Western mentality alone must change to resolve East-West incompatibility; Guénon traces Western materialism to the loss of a higher ordering principle — Wael Hallaq, Restating Orientalism: A Critique of…, 311 (+5 more)

Broader Connections

• Occidental civilization’s axis shifted north to the Seine and Rhine #complicates (0.72) — Cedric J. Robinson, Black Marxism_ The Making of the Black…, 135