Opinion
It’s time to see the world through a new prism, not just that of ‘the West’
The South African media can — and should — ask more difficult questions about global affairs, and not just follow a Eurocentric approach
29 December 2019 - 00:00
Most of the reports that South Africans read in the press about world affairs typically use Europe or North America as reference points. The use of “the West” may have to do with the fact that international relations (the academic discipline) remains what was once described as “an American social science”. The framing of world affairs tends to be through the perspectives taught in European/North American institutions...
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