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Eurocentric diffusionism: a standalone construct

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Historiography

the belief that progress originates in Europe and spreads outward to a passive rest of the world, which Blaut describes and criticizes as a model of history.

In historiography, Eurocentric diffusionism refers to the belief that progress originates in Europe and spreads outward to a passive rest of the world, which Blaut describes and criticizes as a model of history. This meaning comes from Blaut (1993) in The colonizer's model of the world.[1]

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References

Blaut, J. M., & Blaut, J. M. (1993). The colonizer's model of the world. Guilford Press. ISBN 9780898623499

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