"The Clash of Civilizations"

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This paper discusses the theories presented in Samuel Huntington's thesis, "The Clash of Civilizations." The paper then discusses why Huntington's thesis appears to be so compelling to some people today, many years after it was written. The paper discusses his theories in relation to current events in order to explain why it is more popular today, than when it was written in 1993.

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"These clashes are now new; too put them into perspective Huntington notes that the conflict between Western civilization and the Islamic civilizations has been going on for 1,300 years. That is important for today's generation of scholars and students to know, because many students are only aware of names like bin Laden and groups like al Qaeda and Hezbollah. Indeed, after WWII, when the colonial empires of the West faded, Arab nationalism emerged, followed by Islamic fundamentalism, he asserts. He was correct when he wrote that "centuries-old" military confrontations between the West and Islam are "unlikely to decline.""

Sample of Sources Used:

• Huntington, Samuel P. The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order, New York: Touchstone, 1999
• Huntington, Samuel P. "The Clash of Civilizations," Foreign Affairs, 72.3, (1993):pp. 22-28.
• Said, Edward W. "The Clash of Ignorance." The Nation. October 22, 2001, pp. 11-13.
• Shelly, Fred M. "The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order." Social Science Quarterly 79.1 (1998): 250-251

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