How Might the Notion of the East as Ecologically Sensitive

question 12

Multiple Choice

How might the notion of the East as ecologically sensitive be a "back-handed insult" to non-Western societies?

• A) Because Eastern cultures are less patriarchal than the West.
• B) Because environmental transformation and related capitalism is more recent in the East than the West.
• C) Because it insinuates that Eastern ideology is more rational and practical than that of the West.
• D) Because it implies that scientific and technological capacity is beyond the ideological capabilities of the East.

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