POL101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Main Source
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Week 4 lecture date: february 1, 2016 the clash of civilizations samuel huntington. Thesis: huntington argues that the main source for conflicts in the postacold war period will neither be ideological or economic, but rather it will be cultural. Moreover, the principal conflicts of global politics will occur between nations and groups of different civilizations. The clash of civilizations will dominate global politics. Summary: the most important conflicts of the future will occur along the imagined boundaries that separates the major civilizations from one another. This will happen because of: differences among civilizations are not only real; they are basic . Civilizations differ in their history, language, culture, tradition and, most importantly, religion. On the one hand, the west is at a peak of power. It is more difficult to be half catholic and half muslim than to be half french and half arab: economic regionalism is increasing on the one hand, successful economic regionalism will reinforce civilization consciousness.
