Western rule shrank from half the earth’s land to its core plus settler lands

Evidence

This is the context in which Stuart then situates what he calls the unraveling of the West, as the erstwhile margins of various empires reappear in the imperial centers. He describes this as the apotheosis of the West’s global universalizing mission, which perhaps also signals the moment of its own “slow, uncertain … decentring.” — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 153 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Western civilization’s eastern boundary set by 1200 and barely moved since — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 138; Postwar decolonization swept away direct colonial rule across three continents — David Theo Goldberg, The Threat of Race: Reflections on…, 1776; Empire’s margins reappearing in imperial centers destabilizes Western centrality — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2: Identity…, 153 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Empire’s margins reappearing in imperial centers destabilizes Western centrality #complicates (0.78) — Stuart Hall, Essential Essays, Volume 2, 153