book review-The clash of civilizations

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About The Clash of Civilizations

In the summer of 1993

by Samuel Huntington.

No article, according to the editors of that distinguished journal, has

generated more discussion since George Kennan’s “X” article on containment in the 1940s.

Now, Mr. Huntington expands on his article, explores further the issues he raised then, and

develops many new penetrating and controversial analyses. In the article, he posed the question

whether conflicts between civilizations would dominate the future of world politics. In the book,

he gives his answer, showing not only how clashes between civilizations are the greatest threat

to world peace but also how an international order based on civilizations is the best safeguard

against war.

Events in the past few years have confirmed Mr. Huntington’s earlier judgments. Increasingly,

people define themselves on the basis of ancestry, language, religion, and customs. Today, in

the post-Cold War world, the critical distinctions between people are not primarily ideological or

economic; they are cultural. World politics is being reconfigured along cultural lines, with new

patterns of conflict and cooperation replacing those of the Cold War. The hot spots in world

politics are on the “fault lines” between civilizations: witness the fighting in Bosnia, Chechnya,

the Transcaucasus, Central Asia, Kashmir, the Middle East, Tibet, Sri Lanka, Sudan, and many

other places.

Mr. Huntington explains how the population explosion in Muslim countries and the economic rise

of East

Asia are changing global politics. These developments challenge Western dominance, promote

opposition to supposedly “universal” Western ideals, and intensify intercivilization conflict over

such

issues as nuclear proliferation, immigration, human rights, and democracy. The Muslim

population surge

has led to many small wars throughout Eurasia, and the rise of China could lead to a global war

of

civilizations. Mr. Huntington sets forth a strategy for the West to preserve its unique culture and

emphasizes the need for people everywhere to learn to coexist in a complex, multipolar,

multicivilizational

world.

Foreign Affairs published an article entitled “The Clash of Civilizations?”

The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order

of the forces driving global politics today and into the next century. It is sure to be one of the

most talked about books of the decade.is an insightful and powerful analysis