The Study of Occidentalism: The Existence of Childfree In The East-West Paradigm

Abstract

Islam has a very long history of civilizational development. Seeing islamic civilization has always been oriented towards the Eastern world. Historically, Eastern civilization has never been separated from Western civilization. In fact, it can be said that the West is the center of civilization because a large part of the development of science and technology is currently developing in the West. In the study of Occidentalism, Islamic civilization is termed the Eastern region while European civilization is termed the Western region. This study needs to be carried out to release the East from two dependencies, namely dependence on the West and also dependence on Eastern discourse oriented towards religious theology only. To achieve this, Easterners set solutions, sometimes set things and set another, and still believe in relationships between one another. In this study, we will discuss childfree in the East-West paradigm. The end result, is the equality of civilization between East and West, so as not to blame each other or feel the most right for one civilization or the phenomenon that exists, in this case regarding childfree.