The Clash of Civilizations

The article Clash of Civilizations begins by speaking on why there will be a clash of civilizations, where he gives a total of six explanations, and then he focuses by acknowledging that these clashes will take place on cultural fault lines whether they be distant countries, neighboring countries, or internal cultural borders within a specific country. This section mostly hits on the clash between the ideologies of the west vs. Islam. The author then goes on to explain how the civilizations of the west have pitted themselves against all of the other civilizations while assuming that they are the superior ideology. The rest of the article delves into examples of geographical locations that are partaking in the clash of civilizations. One place…

He divides world into civilizations according to religion, region, language and culture. Countries on the world map in 20th century were divided in two main regional and political camps as West and East. West is always progressive, secular, modern place, where democracy and human rights are the common values. The East is retrograde, religious, barbarian and retarded. The post-colonialism discourses of Dussel, Said and Fanon define world in term of Eurocentrism, Orientalism and national…

The British-Indian economist argues that there are a slew of identities which people draw upon, not just the religious identity that Huntington argues is overriding. Indeed, he points towards divisions within religions to bolster his argument against Huntington, who clumps together the entirety of Islam as one civilization. Even Huntington himself would know that there are stark divisions within Islam, primarily along Sunni and Shia lines. As such, the world is even more complex than the new,…

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…

Main Thesis: Huntington wrote The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order in 1993 for the publication Foreign Affairs magazine. In this article, he is trying to point out that the world politics was moving towards a new page where there will be future conflict would occur between civilizations based on cultural differences. According to Huntington, these cultural fault lines were divided up between eight civilizations: ?Western, Confucian, Japanese, Islamic, Hindu,…

Clash of Civilization by Samuel Huntington have faced many accounts of criticism from many disciplines. He replied to his critics in a Foreign Policy article in 1993 titled as “If Not Civilizations, What?” He addressed some of the critiques to his thesis of civilizations in the article, however, he responded with “got a better idea?” In his article, he has identified what concepts, theories, and paradigms are. Furthermore, he pointed out by referencing Kuhn that “anomalous events do…

Based on The Clash of Civilization by Samuel P. Huntington, it is believed that the future of this world is on the basis of civilization which can be subdivided into culture and religion. The future conflicts, arguments and differences are basically on the level of human fundamental component itself which is civilization. There will be no longer conflict about economy, nationality or ideas, but the core of those aspects. This future projection is made based on the transformation process that…

Clash of Civilizations In 1993, Samuel P. Huntington, an influential American conservative political scientist, adviser and academic, published an article in the Foreign Affairs – “Clash of Civilizations?”, which was subsequently published as a book in 1996, discussing a theory that in the post-Cold War world, people’s cultural and religious identities will be the primary source of conflict. Huntington begins the article stating that the world politics is entering a new phase, he means that, in…

Samuel Huntington's "Clash of Civilizations" is one of the most influential articles that is used by policymakers in formulating foreign and international decisions. However, It is also one of the most controversial articles at the time for it claims that a religion will be the main reason for future conflicts. This article has attracted a lot of criticism from many different academics and scholars, predominantly from fellow Harvard academic Edward Said, who is the speaker of the lecture " the…

it had been outdated. Scholars, politicians, experts and intellectuals wrote about the future and shape of the new world politics and what will the role of USA in it, along with the configurations in global relations of the world. Francis Fukuyama and his article “The End of History” which talked about the political ideologies, was the first and the earliest paper written about this matter, but the most influential and the one that gained the most popularity and attention was Samuel P.…