They took the West's gaze, and killed it, stomped on it, mocked it, burned its effigy (Joseph Conrad to be precise) so that we could start an entirely new conversation using an entirely different vocabulary.
Tomaron la mirada del Oeste y la mataron, la pisotearon, se burlaron de ella, y quemaron su efigie (la de Joseph Conrad para ser preciso) para que podamos empezar una conversación nueva usando un vocabulario completamente diferente.