Huntington's Argument

Decent Essays
Marienny Ramirez
English 12
Professor: Edris McPherson
10/14/2015
(Happy Birthday Marienny!)

Do I Agree or Disagree with Huntington’s Analysis & Arguments?
Samuel Phillips Huntington wrote a book called The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order (1996) the essay “The West and the Rest: Intercivilizational Issue” was taken from the book. Huntington explains the conflict between Islam and the West.
Regarding the idea of "The West versus the Rest", to hold that idea requires a view of history which ignores the histories of other continents. Huntington's argument was that cultural issues were control during the Cold War, but were permitted after the cold war.
Huntington’s argument argued that cultural issues would have an effect

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