Analyze and interpret the following quotation: Theconfrontation of Westerncivili

Analyze and interpret the following quotation: Theconfrontation of Westerncivilization with other peoples whose values were oftendramatically opposed tothe Westssuggests that by the dawn of the twentieth century thetradition andsense of centeredness that had defined indigenous cultures forhundreds eventhousands of years was either threatened or in the process ofbeing destroyed.Worldwide non-Western cultures suddenly found that they weredefined asoutposts of new colonial empires developed by Europeans resultingin theweakening of traditional cultural practices political leadershipand socialsystems that had been in place for centuries. (Sayre 2013 pp.410-411).