خلاصه ماشینی:
"The reason was Western civilization was essentially different from Asian cultures; as dominance and supremacy were inherent in its mission and as it did not think of simple victory so it transformed the traditional societies.
(63l The reason is that we have overlooked the dynamism of Western civilization, despite the fact that this thought has questioned all man's cultural and scientific manifestations and has found access to, and studied all realms of knowledge.
In Tabatabaee's view, Shayegan's book' Asia vis-a-vis the West' in setting forth the problem of the transitional period and the question about its nature, holds the view that one can explain the end part of Eastern history by focusing on the beginning of the history of Western culture.
We can conclude that, as Shayegan has put it, the descent of Oriental spiritualism, following the destructive evolution of Western thought, has taken place from intuition to a technical world outlook "which is called nihilism by some great thinkers.
Ifwe take Corbin's interpretation to be the criterion of fact and his conclusion to be the verdict of final judgment, as Daryoush Shayegan knows, the domination of the West must be regarded as the reason for the decline of Asian civilizations.
Thus while the question of modernity could be debated in Iran, he was somehow under the influence of postmodern currents, though he himself says that in the debate about new dark thinking in 'Asia vis-a-vis the West', he tries to deal with criticism of tradition."