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Is there polycentricity in the development of human civilization (including culture and education)? How to treat "western centralism"
There is no polycentricity in the development of human civilization.

The development of human civilization, including culture and education, originated from the eastern civilization represented by Asian and African countries, and spread to all parts of the world with this as the initial center. Human civilization not only rose in the East, but also fully developed in the East, and then spread to the West and other parts of the world through various media, while the development of civilization in other places has more or less the temperament and characteristics of Oriental civilization.

The earliest scientific knowledge, writing and school education came into being in the East, from which scientific and cultural knowledge and school education were further developed, enriched and improved, and influenced and played a role in other places. Under this condition, other civilizations are in the psychology of imitation or worship, preserving, inheriting and exerting the oriental civilization, and carrying out some transformations to form their own characteristics and establish their own system. However, the origin or accumulation of this civilization is still based on and centered on respecting the oriental civilization.

(2) Views on "western centralism"

The so-called "western-centered theory" is mainly a western model advocated by some western scholars as the originator of civilization. They believe that western civilization is superior, and it has indeed played a great role in its subsequent development, creating rich material and spiritual civilizations. After the establishment of modern civilization and capitalist system, western civilization reached its peak and became the object of worship and learning by all countries in the world.

On the contrary, when we look at the eastern civilization again, it has shown a scene of decline. The past scenery is no longer there, but they are learning from the west, which makes some scholars eager to put forward the western-centered theory to emphasize the importance and origin of western civilization. It's just that they didn't look at the problem of civilization from a historical perspective, but they didn't know that eastern civilization opened the whole era. Without the origin and spread of oriental civilization, there would be no prosperity of the whole world. Therefore, the view of "western centralism" is one-sided.