What is "The West"

We hear about “Western Involvement”, “Western Values”, and “Western Interests” in the media. People say that the West is the best, or that the West is in decline. Some country is either Westernising or hates the West's way of life.

The West is the countries with democracies and free markets right? Or countries that are part of Western Civilisation? Then what about Latin America, are they Western? What does “The West” even mean and what exactly is Western Civilisation. Let’s find out

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The Decline of Rome and the Rise of Mediaeval Europe (Development of Western Civilization Series) (http://amzn.to/2j3q7su)
The Passion of the Western Mind: Understanding the Ideas that Have Shaped Our World View (http://amzn.to/2gKKOZL)
Orientalism (http://amzn.to/2w6uMLM)
What is the West (http://amzn.to/2x9J8Qk)
A Brief History of the Western World (http://amzn.to/2eJYeEy)
The Evolution of Civilizations (http://amzn.to/2gK4Xz8)

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What Is the West? ( http://www.jstor.org/stable/24562884)
What Is Western Civilization? (http://www.jstor.org/stable/494353)
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