Iranian thinker
Seyyed Ahmad Fardid
Seyyed Ahmad FardidPhilosophyIranian1910–1994
Westoxification means becoming alienated from oneself, forgetting one's own history and culture, and instead taking Western history and culture as the origin and foundation.
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Life and Thought
Seyyed Ahmad Fardid (1910–1996) was a contemporary Iranian philosopher and interpreter of Heidegger. He is known for coining the concept of 'Westoxification' and as a critic of modernity, and he had a significant influence on Persian philosophical terminology.
