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Buddhism
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This article lacks encyclopedic value as a standalone topic and instead functions as a redundant amalgamation of content more appropriately and comprehensively addressed in other, more coherent articles—namely, Eastern world and Culture of Asia. The article begins by describing "Eastern culture" as an umbrella term for the cultural heritages of the Eastern world. However, this is a circular and unspecific definition. It fails to offer any unifying characteristics or critical analysis that would justify "Eastern culture" as a distinct concept separate from already-existing, better-defined topics. The notion that there is "no singular Eastern culture" undermines the article’s own legitimacy from the outset.
2. Duplicates Existing Articles Much of the article either duplicates or superficially rephrases content found in:
Eastern world – which addresses the geopolitical and historical usage of the term "East."
Culture of Asia – which offers detailed breakdowns of the cultural characteristics of specific Asian regions and nations.
The Eastern culture article merely compiles snippets from those two sources (and others like Eastern religions, Asian cinema, and Asian cuisine) without offering original synthesis, structure, or insight. It effectively operates as an indiscriminate content aggregator, not a curated encyclopedic entry.
3. Arbitrary Scope and Selection The article inconsistently and uncritically lumps together an enormous range of unrelated cultural topics—from Zoroastrianism to Russian cuisine to Japanese cinema—under the vague label of "Eastern."
As such, the article engages in essentialist and Orientalist framing by implying a unified "Eastern" worldview without critical reflection or substantiation.
4. Lack of Reliable Sourcing or Scholarly Cohesion The article does not engage with scholarly literature that critically examines the category of "Eastern culture." It relies instead on broad generalizations and outdated colonial binaries (East vs. West), without citation of academic sources that might justify treating "Eastern culture" as a meaningful analytical category in anthropology, sociology, or cultural studies.
5. Structural and Editorial Issues The structure is heavily list-based and bloated with exhaustive catalogs of regional cuisines, cinema, and religion, most of which are already better developed in separate, dedicated articles. The "Traditions" section is particularly problematic, attempting to summarize all cultural production across half the globe with no prioritization, context, or thematic organization. This bloats the article without enhancing understanding. Hassan697 (talk) 17:50, 27 June 2025 (UTC)
- Redirect to Eastern world (reluctantly, since that article has its own problems, but this seems like a likely search term). The Eastern Culture article is a hopeless mess of OR and SYNTH, to say nothing of its dated Eurocentric bias (as nom pointed out). Not WP-worthy. WeirdNAnnoyed (talk) 22:11, 27 June 2025 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Philosophy, History, Politics, Mythology, Popular culture, Buddhism, Islam, Hinduism, Social science, and Asia. WCQuidditch ☎ ✎ 01:56, 28 June 2025 (UTC)
- Redirect per WeirdNAnnoyed. Not sure if anything distinct can be added here. THEZDRX (User) | (Contact) 04:56, 28 June 2025 (UTC)
- Redirect but I prefer culture of Asia. Since culture whatevers should recirect to culture whatever else. --Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here 05:12, 28 June 2025 (UTC)
- Redirect to a reasonable target. It's a WP:POVFORK of orientalism. Bearian (talk)|