The notion of Europe regenerated by Asia strands in Orientalist civilizational law.

Evidence

Among Flaubert’s sketches for the conclusion of this panorama of despair are two items of special interest to us here. The two men debate the future of mankind. Pécuchet sees “the future of Humanity through a glass darkly,” whereas Bouvard sees it “brightly!” … Modern man is progressing, Europe will be regenerated by Asia. The historical law that civilization moves from Orient to Occident … the two forms of humanity will at last be soldered together. — Edward W. Said, Orientalism, 313

Categorization

• XREF: XREF: The ‘civilization moves from Orient to Occident’ law connects forward to Said’s critique of Orientalist periodization and to the way civilizational destiny-features get naturalized in later Orientalism scholarship.
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Edward W. Said, Orientalism, 313