Selective identification with other cultures eroded the embattled Christian-European identity

Evidence

Three, a selective identification with regions and cultures not one’s own wore down the obduracy of self and identity, which had been polarized into a community of embattled believers facing barbarian hordes. The borders of Christian Europe no longer served as a kind of custom house; the notions of human association and of human possibility acquired a very wide general—as opposed to parochial—legitimacy. — Edward W. Said, Orientalism, 330

Categorization

• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Edward W. Said, Orientalism, 330
• XREF: connects to: European identity discourse masks suppressed fear of non-Europeans; Anti-multiculturalism arguments frame European identity as white and Christian — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 576; Encountering non-European peoples strained Europe’s Christian idea of human unity (+4 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: European identity discourse masks suppressed fear of non-Europeans; Anti-multiculturalism arguments frame European identity as white and Christian — Chris Allen, Islamophobia, 576; Encountering non-European peoples strained Europe’s Christian idea of human unity (+4 more)

Broader Connections

• Perceived Muslim rejection of secularism eroded European faith in multiculturalism #complicates (0.75) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 359