[PDF] ERRATA DE CLASH OF CULTURES CIVILISATIONS

What is the Clash of civilizations?

The Clash of Civilizations is a thesis that people's cultural and religious identities will be the primary source of conflict in the post– Cold War world. The American political scientist Samuel P. Huntington argued that future wars would be fought not between countries, but between cultures.

What is Huntington's 'Clash of civilizations' paradigm?

Critical responses to Huntington’s “clash of civilizations” paradigm highlighted that: civilizations are not autonomous entities; civilizations do not have clear-cut borders; interactions between civilizations have historically been ubiquitous; and civilizations do not have discrete sets of values separating them from other civilizations.

Will the Clash of civilizations dominate global politics?

The clash of civilizations will dominate global politics. The fault lines between civilizations will be the battle lines of the future (Huntington 1993, 22). [t]his book is not intended to be a work of social science. It is instead meant to be an interpretation of the evolution of global politics after the Cold War.

Where did the term 'clash of cultures' come from?

This expression derives from "clash of cultures", already used during the colonial period and the Belle Époque. Huntington began his thinking by surveying the diverse theories about the nature of global politics in the post–Cold War period.