West/Non-West: Funhouse Mirror of World Politics
... strengthen the position of Russia in the Heartland. Another interpretation of the Hartland theory was the model of the Intermediate Region designed by D. Kitsikis who argued that the pivotal part of the planet had shifted from Central Asia to the Middle East where Europe, Asia, and Africa come together. Orientalism and Occidentalism As can be seen, the re-emerging West/non-West opposition represents nothing more than a revival of old analytical models reaffirming the dominance of the West over non-Western countries. E. Said in his book called "Orientalism" argues that the identity of the post-colonial ...