Clash Of Civilizations In Identity And Violence By Amartya Sen

In fact, while the distinctive ideologies and religious groups still exist, the clear boundaries of different civilizations characterized by Huntington have blurred. When this dichotomy to recognize the world as direct confrontations between ideology and culture groups becomes no longer valid, the theory of the inevitability of the clash of civilization, thus, are now flawed, because it is realistically unreasonable, ethically wrong, conceptually biased and historically inaccurate. These problems regarding the clash of civilizations embody a misleading western supremacy shown in Bush’s speech as well as the war on terror on a larger

The civilizations, as identified by Huntington are Sinic [Chinese or Confusious], Japanese, Hindu, Islamic, Orthodox [Russian], Western [Europe, North American, Australia, New Zealand], Latin American and possibly African. And it is among these groups that share a “common interest and common values” and have a “common culture or civilization” that will lead to more interdependence on members of the same civilization and less dependent on the West. Huntington’s theory is that the West has had [at one time or another] a negative impact on every other civilization, and this has led to a decline of power and influence around the world, especially the Islam civilization. Therefore he predicts, “the fault lines between civilizations will be the battle lines of the future.”

The argument Huntington is giving is that there will not be near as many fights over politics and economic values but more of culture and religious values. Throughout the article he talks a lot about what he believes will happen but one thing that we can be sure is he believes that there will be war over culture. “As people define their identity in ethnic and religious terms, they are likely to see an “us” versus “them” relation existing between themselves and people of different ethnicity or religion.” This quote from the article shows us that he does believe people will fight because they see it as it is their culture against everyone else’s. It is hard to talk things out with people who believe the complete different things you believe.

The last aspect to point out in more recent times compared to the crusades and colonialism is the cold war, and how that has and will continue to impact the opposing views of western and Islamic societies. According to Samuel Huntington, the cold war the world was separated into the First, Second and Third Worlds, and he sees divisions are no longer relevant and it being “…far more meaningful now to group countries not in terms of their political or economic systems or in terms of their level of economic development but rather in terms of their culture and civilization.” Distinguishing people in the correct way can help further people understanding of the cultural and educate people enough to not fall into such prejudices and stereotypes. Huntington believed that there will be more conflict between the two societies in time to come. One way he expresses this is by the post-cold war conflict in the Persian Gulf, and Caucasus and Bosnia, now although these were not full-scale war between the civilizations, it still involved many “…elements of civilizational rallying, which seemed to become more important as the conflict continued and which may provide a foretaste of the future.” With that, it is notable to see all the differences that has risen recently between China and the United States in such areas

Huntington then goes on to hypothesize that the ultimate source of conflict in this world will not only be ideological or economical but the division between human kind will mostly take place because of the cultural conflict. He says that “The clash of civilizations will dominate global politics. The fault lines between civilizations will be the battle lines of the future.”(82).

For all one knows, Samuel P. Huntington could be right about the reasons for this “clash” he describes as being “global”, a clash which occurs in the near future. Let that future hold its destiny in its hands for now. You may remember his argument, about the source of our “great division” being cultural and “not primarily ideological.” It is this that I plan to expand on but not at the expense of explaining it in totally non-characteristic manner. To further augment how culture will cause this apparent “clash of civilizations,” I have attempted to map-out what I consider outstanding focuses in the process of this “clash.” The

After the September 11 attacks, the United States of America and the rest of the West found their democracies and republics in conflict with the Islamic world and left unable to fully judge the context of the attacks. Roger Scruton offers a conceptual explanation and argument to answer the question “What is exactly Western civilization, and what holds it together?”. He uses his answer to help explain the cultural, political, and social struggle between the internal worlds of Western civilization and Islamic civilization. Scruton’s The West and the Rest: Globalization and the Terrorist Threat gives context, proof, and commentary on the continuities and discontinuities between Western and Islamic principles to emphasize the need for renewal of the distinct Western culture.

First Civilizations is the second edition of a popular student text first published in 1996 in Montreal by Les Editions Champ Fleury. This much updated and expanded edition provides an introductory overview of the civilizations of ancient Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt. It was conceived primarily for students who have little or no knowledge of ancient history or archaeology. The book begins with the role of history and archaeology in understanding the past, and continues with the origins of agriculture and the formation of the Sumerian city-states in Mesopotamia. Three subsequent chapters concentrate on Assyrian and Babylonian history and culture. The second half of the book focuses on Egypt, begining with the physical environment of the Nile,

Before demonstrating that there was never a “western civilization”, the word “civilization” must be clearly defined. There are two competing definitions to civilization.

An article written by Samuel Huntington introduced the idea of a new source of conflict that according to Huntington would potentially rise between civilizations. The argument that the differences of cultures will come in the way of politics involving the world and its entirety mostly surrounds Western civilization and Islam and the differences between the two different cultures rather than the possibility of a working harmony. The idea of culture allows for a difference in the way people live their lives. Culture allows for independence while also promoting cooperation and interdependency. However, this argument presented by Huntington contrasts the ideas of the West and Islam and puts the two against one another and instead allows for the

I found the article to be very informative and fascinating in its exploration of human warfare. Archeological evidence suggests that human warfare was nonexistent prior to 10,000 ago. Culturally, we are all taught that humans are violent and that they have always been warring since their existence. The article brings the evidence that is not so. Humans started warfare after their socio-economic systems became more complex and they were shortages for resources. It’s counter-intuitive but it turns out that humans started warfare after the introduction of agriculture in societies. Wealthier the societies got, more they fought instead of less. I think it is a riveting example of human psychology. When we have more resources to go around and more

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In “Part 4: Clashes of Civilizations” (arguably the most important section of the book), Samuel Huntington predicts that “In the emerging world, the relations between states and groups from different civilizations will not be close, and will often be antagonistic.”28 He hypothesizes that the three

Samuel Huntington, the author of the clash of the civilisations believes that the World will eventually divide in accordance with cultural lines, and not political lines. According to Huntington, “the thriving East Asian and Muslim societies will soon challenge Western dominance, and the United States being the World leader will need to reevaluate its policies on foreign invention and domestic immigration to remain a major player.” During the Cold War, the world was divided into the First, Second and Third Worlds. Huntington views these ties as insignificant now and states that the remaking of the World order will be based upon cultural similarity. The different thriving civilisations according to him today are the Western civilisation comprising of North America and Western Europe, the Muslim civilisation, the Orthodox Civilisation led by Russia, the Chinese civilisation, the Hindu civilisation, the Japanese civilisation, the Latin American civilisation and the African civilisation. Huntington’s proposition of the division of the World according to cultural lines has been backed by the use of various examples by him; examples of events that have taken place in the past.