When Huntington published his book The Clash of Civilizations in 1996 it was largely ignored but after 9/11 this book flew off the shelf. His idea does not stop at global terrorism but brings up a broader question of the effects of these civilizations in other spheres such as historic and future security crises, the global economy, the environment and climate change, and globalization. Looking through each of these subjects it becomes evident that Huntington’s clash of civilizations is quite overblown and the obstacles to these global dilemmas are not laid by conflicting civilizational values but by other pressing factors. The first subject that will be looked at is where the heart of Huntington’s argument resides in the dominion of global
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It was viewed as a western exploitation of their land as these western policies were seen to greatly profit the developed nations and leave the poor nations still undeveloped as argued by Edwardo Galiano in his book The Open Veins of Latin America (Anderson, 10/1). The backlash to the Washington Consensus created proposals of new global models such as the Beijing consensus based on a strong central government role in economics and the Himalayan Consensus that called for an emphasis on local employment and use of local resources (Anderson, 10/6). These different ideas of economic policies based on varying cultures follows Huntington’s theory but also is greatly influenced by a nations level of development and changes their opinion as they …show more content…
An example of this is seen in the actions of Jose Bove a Frenchman and holds the view of anti-globalization. He destroyed a McDonalds in Southern France in 2003 showing there are splits among civilizations (Anderson, 11/10). Though there are those like Jose Bove who fear globalization and a loss of culture, there seems to be less of a homogination of culture and more of a hybridization. This is seen by “McDonaldization,” where the efficient business and manufacturing style are homogenized but are mixed with adaptions to local culinary tastes and service styles (Goedde, 578, 579). This shows not a polarization of cultures as Huntington predicted but an integration of them while still holding on to their individual
It was viewed as a western exploitation of their land as these western policies were seen to greatly profit the developed nations and leave the poor nations still undeveloped as argued by Edwardo Galiano in his book The Open Veins of Latin America (Anderson, 10/1). The backlash to the Washington Consensus created proposals of new global models such as the Beijing consensus based on a strong central government role in economics and the Himalayan Consensus that called for an emphasis on local employment and use of local resources (Anderson, 10/6). These different ideas of economic policies based on varying cultures follows Huntington’s theory but also is greatly influenced by a nations level of development and changes their opinion as they …show more content…
An example of this is seen in the actions of Jose Bove a Frenchman and holds the view of anti-globalization. He destroyed a McDonalds in Southern France in 2003 showing there are splits among civilizations (Anderson, 11/10). Though there are those like Jose Bove who fear globalization and a loss of culture, there seems to be less of a homogination of culture and more of a hybridization. This is seen by “McDonaldization,” where the efficient business and manufacturing style are homogenized but are mixed with adaptions to local culinary tastes and service styles (Goedde, 578, 579). This shows not a polarization of cultures as Huntington predicted but an integration of them while still holding on to their individual