Political Science 3314E Lecture : The Clash of Civilizations

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He can be criticized for a number of points . A_ his definiton of civilization is too broad, you can fit almost anything in it. This becomes very clear when you look at the exact list of what he believes is a culture. The distinct grouping of say africa (a group of 53 coutnries) as one culture and. Islam is a culture, so that suggests religion is one main factor, however, why is south. One thing that emerges in his writing is that he is profoundly troubled by the phenomenal success of the asian countries. This is a problem as opposed to something to celebrate. He is drawing a dichotomous frontline that has the potential to incite countries against one another. Post cold war era: civilizational memebership is not associated with the probability of interstate war . Pre-cold war states of similar civilzations were more likely to fight each other than were those of different civilizations .

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