Non-Western interest in extraterrestrial life

I never gave this a thought. I just assumed [wrong] that just about everyone was interested in this issue.

Abstract:

Surprisingly, the question "Is there Life in the Universe outside Earth?" has been raised, in rational terms, almost only in the western literature throughout the ages. In a first part I justify this statement. Then I try to develop an explanation of this fact by analyzing the different aspects of the notion of "decentration".

"The Extraterrestrial Life debate in different cultures" by Jean Schneider