East and West

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Name (Hebrew)
מזרח ומערב
Name (Latin)
East and West
Name (Arabic)
الشرق والغرب
Other forms of name
Civilization, Western
Civilization, Oriental
Occident and Orient
Orient and Occident
West and East
Asia
Asia and Western countries
Western countries and Asia
See Also From tracing topical name
Eastern question
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q4162564
Library of congress: sh 85040522
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Wikipedia description:

In sociology, the East–West dichotomy is the perceived difference between the Eastern and the Western worlds. Cultural and religious rather than geographical in division, the boundaries of East and West are not fixed, but vary according to the criteria adopted by individuals using the term. Used in discussing such studies as management, economics, international relations, and linguistics, the concept is criticized for overlooking regional hybridity.

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