Western Culture

[Rio Cana]

Western Culture equals culture derived from Europe. In a wide view some say it goes from all of Europe to all the Americas including NZ. and Australia. In a narrow view some say Western Europe (Eastern Europe not really included) and the US/Canada/ NZ. and Australia. So what do you think. I think the wide view is more true. The Americas is Western culture even though it has regional influences.And Eastern Europe is also western culture with regional influences.

You can see an example in this video from Colombia which shows part of Colombians past culture. You cannot possibly get more Western then that.
Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H4BiPrhne0 -

[Conserative Morality]

Western cultures include all of the Americas, NZ, and Aussieland. Eastern Europe other than Poland is questionable but not definite one way or the other.

[Risottia]

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[Rio Cana]

Found three maps on what regions of the world are considered to be part of Western Culture.

This map is what the Anglo , Anglo sphere and EU. consider to be Western - https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ ... _World.png

This map is what the writer Samuel Huntington, who wrote "Clash of Civilizations" in 1996, considered to be Western. He considered the dark blue to be Western leaving out Eastern Europe and the Americas South of the US - https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ ... ns_map.png

This map is the wide view of what is considered Western -
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ ... es_map.png

[Sanctissima]

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[Longweather]

Found three maps on what regions of the world are considered to be part of Western Culture.

This map is what the Anglo , Anglo sphere and EU. consider to be Western - https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ ... _World.png

This map is what the writer Samuel Huntington, who wrote "Clash of Civilizations" in 1996, considered to be Western. He considered the dark blue to be Western leaving out Eastern Europe and the Americas South of the US - https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ ... ns_map.png

This map is the wide view of what is considered Western -
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ ... es_map.png

The first one is what I definitely consider to be "Western".

[Randsbeik]

My subjective view is any area whose culture comes from European roots. That counts South America, Australia, and even parts of Africa.

[Conserative Morality]

I would define the West and Western cultures differently. Is that odd?

[Gallia-]

Western cultures include all of the Americas, NZ, and Aussieland. Eastern Europe other than Poland is questionable but not definite one way or the other.

Poland is Western? Why? Catholicism?

[Daeseong]

My subjective view is any area whose culture comes from European roots. That counts South America, Australia, and even parts of Africa.

How about Asian nations like SG and South Korea that have drawn heavily upon western forms of governance, cultural practices, and institutions?

[Greater Miami Shores]

Western Culture equals culture derived from Europe. In a wide view some say it goes from all of Europe to all the Americas including NZ. and Australia. In a narrow view some say Western Europe (Eastern Europe not really included) and the US/Canada/ NZ. and Australia. So what do you think. I think the wide view is more true. The Americas is Western culture even though it has regional influences.And Eastern Europe is also western culture with regional influences.

You can see an example in this video from Colombia which shows part of Colombians past culture. You cannot possibly get more Western then that.
Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H4BiPrhne0 -

Nice Video, enjoyed it.

[Philjia]

Everywhere we spread ourselves and supplanted the locals.

[Khalisako]

all aof USA excluding most indian reservations as we've culture thatm igt be tainted by west but is not truly western.

[Cetacea]

Western Culture equals culture derived from Europe. In a wide view some say it goes from all of Europe to all the Americas including NZ. and Australia. In a narrow view some say Western Europe (Eastern Europe not really included) and the US/Canada/ NZ. and Australia. So what do you think. I think the wide view is more true. The Americas is Western culture even though it has regional influences.And Eastern Europe is also western culture with regional influences.

You can see an example in this video from Colombia which shows part of Colombians past culture. You cannot possibly get more Western then that.
Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H4BiPrhne0 -

NZ and Australia are not part of the Americas!!!!
and if NZ and Australia then does that also include the Pacific Islands? The Phillipines?
Then you have places like South Africa, bits of India and even the strangeness of Japan - are they Western?


Anyway, Western Culture is only found in Western Europe, those others who were influenced by European colonialism have 'Western Colonial Cultures" that means they have many commonalities (especially in the Anglosphere) but each is expressed according to local conditions and influences.

[The Portland Territory]

As far as territory goes, all of Europe (excluding Thrace) and the Anglosphere.

[Conserative Morality]

Poland is Western? Why? Catholicism?

History of close association with the West, democratic traditions, culture influence from Roman history including secular legal use of Latin, etc. Catholicism can be seen either as a cause of close association with the West or a result, but in either case, it's not why I associate it with the West.

[Isyrannaea]

I view Western Culture stemming from the Greeks and the Proto-Indo-Europeans.

[Nakena]

My subjective view is any area whose culture comes from European roots. That counts South America, Australia, and even parts of Africa.

How about Asian nations like SG and South Korea that have drawn heavily upon western forms of governance, cultural practices, and institutions?

No. They are sucessfull examples of adopting western forms of governances and practices into their own culture. Actually some of the very few who have managed that. Like its working a lot better than lets say south east europe, Turkey or even South America.

[Rio Cana]

Western Culture equals culture derived from Europe. In a wide view some say it goes from all of Europe to all the Americas including NZ. and Australia. In a narrow view some say Western Europe (Eastern Europe not really included) and the US/Canada/ NZ. and Australia. So what do you think. I think the wide view is more true. The Americas is Western culture even though it has regional influences.And Eastern Europe is also western culture with regional influences.

You can see an example in this video from Colombia which shows part of Colombians past culture. You cannot possibly get more Western then that.
Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H4BiPrhne0 -

NZ and Australia are not part of the Americas!!!!
and if NZ and Australia then does that also include the Pacific Islands? The Phillipines?
Then you have places like South Africa, bits of India and even the strangeness of Japan - are they Western?


Anyway, Western Culture is only found in Western Europe, those others who were influenced by European colonialism have 'Western Colonial Cultures" that means they have many commonalities (especially in the Anglosphere) but each is expressed according to local conditions and influences.

So who said NZ. and Australia were part of the Americas because it was not me!!! You said Western Culture is only found in Western Europe. So you are not including Eastern Europe or Central parts of Europe. So which parts of Western Europe are considered to be closer to what is defined has Western Culture.

[Tolerant Fellow]

Anything in Western Europe and the Anglosphere (except South Africa)

[Napkiraly]

My subjective view is any area whose culture comes from European roots. That counts South America, Australia, and even parts of Africa.

How about Asian nations like SG and South Korea that have drawn heavily upon western forms of governance, cultural practices, and institutions?

Not Western but by far, quite more compatible with the West.

[Improved werpland]

As far as territory goes, all of Europe (excluding Thrace) and the Anglosphere.

If some Eastern Europeans are a part of Western culture, then Turks in Eastern Thrace are no less a part of it as well.

[The East Marches II]

As far as territory goes, all of Europe (excluding Thrace) and the Anglosphere.

If some Eastern Europeans are a part of Western culture, then Turks in Eastern Thrace are no less a part of it as well.

They have decided to go Asiatic. They are lost.

[Internationalist Bastard]

I say Western European or derived

[Improved werpland]

If some Eastern Europeans are a part of Western culture, then Turks in Eastern Thrace are no less a part of it as well.

They have decided to go Asiatic. They are lost.

NO!!! Not all of them! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Turks_and_Black_Turks