The decadent West, torn by crime, racial tensions, drug abuse and other social disorders, should mind its own affairs.

"Three years ago the newspapers used to say the decadent West would never succeed in foisting their mass culture on us," he said with a bitter laugh.

I know you can't stand preaching from the decadent West any more than you can stand George Soros.

Another factor was the rejection of western eclectics that dominated civil construction of 1850s-1860s, a reaction against "decadent West", pioneered by influential critic Vladimir Stasov.

Its leaders want to use the financial markets to turn Japan away from the decadent West and revive an old dream of controlling all of Asia.

"What you call terrorists," Rashid snapped, "I call soldiers of God in the holy struggle against the decadent West."

It was particu- larly useful in the decadent West, where men had no real loyalties except to money.

The latter path was advocated by Slavophiles, who held the "decadent" West in contempt.

The latter path was championed by Slavophiles, who heaped scorn on the "decadent" West.

He also believed in the necessity of a German-Soviet alliance against the "decadent West" and the Treaty of Versailles.