Abstract
The Western Civilization has contributed so much effort to academic realm. However, the focus of contribution is mainly to the general process of knowledge construction without looking particularly into important aspects of it. This article examines the use of Latin Language in three disciplines, science, social science and humanities. This study adopts three strategies to investigate the use of The Latin language in three major disciplines; the Latin course, material collection and content analysis. The use of Latin in Science (zoology and botany), Law, Philosophy and Writing has shown a very significant role in order to assist the process of knowledge construction. The analyses show that Latin supports the knowledge construction process and it does help to assist the expansion of knowledge that is based on Western Civilization.
Highlights
Occidentalism is a concept that refers to the study of Europe and European’s civilization, within and outside Europe, otherwise known as ‘the West.’ Its scope encompasses aspects related to community life such as culture, architecture, politics, economics, history, philosophy, theology, and so forth
The analyses show that Latin supports the knowledge construction process and it does help to assist the expansion of knowledge that is based on Western Civilization
Binomial Nomenclature is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, both of which use Latin grammatical forms
Summary
Occidentalism is a concept that refers to the study of Europe and European’s civilization, within and outside Europe, otherwise known as ‘the West.’ Its scope encompasses aspects related to community life such as culture, architecture, politics, economics, history, philosophy, theology, and so forth. In the context of knowledge construction, European civilization has made a major contribution to global academic and intellectual community through the construction and the introduction of various concepts, theories, approaches, and methodologies that have been accepted and used worldwide as a result of the adoption of European education system and research, albeit through colonialism, by many countries in the world’s continents. Knowledge construction began long before European domination of the world, initiated during the Greek and Roman civilizations. All of the elements will not have spread without communication that acts as the medium. This will refer to the use of Ancient Greek and Latin language
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