Word: westernism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...seems to have become more cautious and considered in international politics as a result of Viet Nam. Allies, especially in Western Europe, have adopted a somewhat schizophrenic line toward the U.S., first condemning its Viet Nam War policies as obnoxiously aggressive, now worrying its policies elsewhere are contemptibly weak. Says former Under Secretary of State George Ball: "Rather than snickering at America's alleged impuissance, our allies should rejoice that we have now achieved the maturity they accused us of lacking during our Viet Nam adventure...
...unemployed; thousands of them milled around the ministry of labor in Tehran last week, demonstrating for jobs. Meanwhile, the Bazargan government survives by the grace of Khomeini, who spends his days in Qum receiving petitioners and issuing elamiehs (directives) against profiteering and other anti-Islamic practices. Says a Western diplomat in Tehran: "I no longer have any confidence whatsoever that Khomeini knows what is going...
...policy was first signaled by Vice Premier Deng Xiaoping (Teng Hsiao-p'ing) in a speech to party officials last month. Among other things, Deng denounced Chinese who indulged in Western-style dancing or who "sold state secrets" to foreigners. As if on cue, city and provincial bosses quickly went on the attack against all political protest. China's press denounced "ultra-democracy," as well as the "black sheep" who helped "to launch vicious attacks on party and state leaders." The Peking Daily dismissed human rights as a mere "bourgeois slogan...
Still furious with the Chinese for launching an invasion of its northern provinces two months ago, Viet Nam charged that both the political and economic retrenchment were the result of losses suffered in the war. Western analysts had a simpler and more plausible explanation. They tended to accept at face value Peking's claims that there had indeed been too much emphasis on heavy industry in the original development plans. Sinologists were surprised, too, by the re-emergence into public life of two old foes of Deng: Secret Police Chief Wang Dongxing (Wang Tung-hsing) and former Peking Mayor...
...whole life and upbringing work against him. The Western way is to seek--seek and ye shall find. Schaller baits a cat, and though he doesn't see that one, he later sees another one. Buddhism preaches just the opposite--ready yourself and it will come, you will perceive. These two tenets ensnare Matthiessen. He is too locked into his new-found Buddhist ways to question them. At the same time, he is too locked into the Western tradition to accept Buddhism without having to try to adopt it--which seems to defeat the purpose...