The West produced ideologies while every major world religion emerged from non-Western civilizations

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 (#complicates, via linked claim)

At some level, the West is an entity. What, however, do non-Western societies have in common other than the fact that they are non-Western? Japanese, Chinese, Hindu, Muslim, and African civilizations share little in terms of religion, social structure, institutions, and prevailing values. The unity of the non-West and the East-West dichotomy are myths created by the West. — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 61 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The religion-state dualism is rare outside the West and Hindu civilization; Major world religions have outlasted political ideologies by over a millennium — Roderick M. Kramer, Geoffrey J. Leonardelli, Robert W. Livingston, Social Cognition, Social Identity, and…, 920; The unity of the non-West is a Western-created myth — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 61 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• The unity of the non-West is a Western-created myth #complicates (0.72) — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 61
• Discourses of civilization and modernity relied on repressing the non-Western Other #complicates (0.72) — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 484