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> There is a huge, unquestioned strain in the West that started with German Indology, that it has been as the original 'Aryans', that it was the inventor of all
by biorach 4y ago
> There is a huge, unquestioned strain in the West that started with German Indology, that it has been as the original 'Aryans', that it was the inventor of all civilizations
This was very much questioned even when it was somewhat mainstream, which was many many decades ago. Since the second world war it is unquestionably considered racist garbage by all reputable mainstream historians, archeologists and linguists.
- paganel 4y agoThe historians, archeologists and linguists might well question it, but the feeling is still there, see the recent comments made by an European Union high official comparing the "garden" of Europe to the "jungle" of what's just outside of it.
- biorach 4y agoYou said "There is... a strain in the West... that it was the inventor of all civilizations" Academics do more than just "question" this, they consider it racist junk, unworthy of any consideration whatsoever. An EU official talking about a "jungle", while reprehensible, is not representative of the thinking of most people, and, to keep you from wandering off-topic, is not claiming the West invented civilization.