Debate on Samul P. Huntington’s The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order.
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Transcript of Debate on Samul P. Huntington’s The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order.
Society and religion
Debate on Samul P. Huntington’s The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order
Samuel P. Huntington Political scientist Born in 1927 NY Attended Yale and Harvard White House Coordinator of Security
Planning for the National Security Council Died at age 81
The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order A theory, that people's cultural and religious
identities will be the primary source of conflict in the post-Cold War world
First formulated in a 1992 lecture Article titled "The Clash of Civilizations?” 1996: book - The Clash of Civilizations and
the Remaking of World Order
Overview Francis Fukuyama's
1992 book : The End of History and the Last Man.
… „but the principal conflicts of global politics will occur between nations and groups of different civilizations. The fault lines between civilizations will be the battle lines of the future.”
Sinic Japanese Hindu Islamic Orthodox Western Latin-American
The civilizations
Part I Conflicts in the future along cultural and
religious lines (Palestina, Israel) Global politics is both multipolar and
multicivilizational Civilizations shape our cultural identity We define ourselves in terms of cultures
values and religion
Rivalry of superpowers replaced by the clash of civilizations
Balance of power is shifting Rediscover own values, reject those imposed
on them Drinking Cola and plotting a bomb attack Conflicts based on religion, culture not ideology Religion reinforcing cultural differences
Part II
Religion: central defining characteristics of a civilization
„La revanche de Dieu” Global revival of religion
Organizations based on cultural commonality
Cultural commonalities shape interests Kin country rallying
Part III
Islam and it’s bloody borders Western arrogance + Islamic intolerance Fault line conflicts Core state conflicts Fight between Islam and West is a fight
between Christianity and Islam
Part IV
The west and the rest Survival of West depends on accepting their
civilization as unique and not universal Cooperating to maintain the
multicivilizational character of global politics
Part V: The future
Paul Berman: Conflicts rises because of philosophical
beliefs Edward Said: The clash of ignorance Interaction of cultures is missing False categorization of civilizations Racist: Islam varies from country to country Reinforces stereotypes USA right to intervention
Criticism
Those separated by ideology but united by culture will come together. States with similar cultures will see common interests.
(East and North Korea?, Shi’ta and sunni islamists?)
Religion takes the place of ideology There is no dominent culture: (Germany?) Which part of Huntington’s predicton do
you think has become reality? Do you agree with the critiques?
DebateWhat do you think of the following statements?