Which is a common postcolonial critique of the West ?
Correct answer: C. The West views matters through its own limited historical position.
- A. TheWest spends too much time trying to consider an Asian perspective.
- B. The West tends to look at Asian countries as individual units rather than lump them together.
- C. The West views matters through its own limited historical position.
- D. The West refuses to apply economic and political coercion to Asian writers.
Explanation
Postcolonial theory challenges Eurocentrism, arguing that Western perspectives are shaped by a limited historical and cultural position rather than being universal. The other options describe attitudes that postcolonial criticism generally disputes.
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