The theory of evolution states that the modern human had to evolve from a single celled organism to a multi cellular one in the time span of some millions of years. Then the evolution from multi cellular to complex life forms capable of self locomotion took hundreds of thousands of years, that is to say, one would be right to point out that humanity is extremely young and its achievements, even more so.

Throughout history, this young species called humanity has formed many alliances in itself to cater to their collective needs that they can’t tend to singularly. These mutually agreed alliances naturally moved people into life styles where they co-exist. In this co-existence, with the stability that being protected from recurrent external threats brings, people had the opportunity to be rid from their daily tasks to sustain themselves at times and to socialise, paving the way to the advent of culture. As culture progressed in the confines of early societies, war and conflict quickly taught people how culture was critical in preserving social values for their offspring and also how easy it was to lose it. This realization later became the backbone of what the West would metaphorically “fight for”.

Western people today deem hellenistic civilizations as their ancestors because they attribute democracy and other achievements of the Ancient Greeks as similar to their current status quo. Since they find their identity not in their cultural ties in greeks, rather, by the very differences that are present when contrasted with eastern cultures, the concept of “the West” and “western civilization” can be referred to as existing in the same dimension where the epitome of human achievements and the production of new ideas that will take humanity to its next era are found.  By extension, we can safely assume that the essence of “the West” must not be mistaken with its denotation, the West symbolizes humankind’s very need to strive for something better for the next generation.

Important Notion: Culture preservation

Conclusion: The West exists in the same dimension as human progress and next-gen ideas