Huntington's Theory Of Civilization

COMPARISON BETWEEN ‘CLASH OF CIVILIZATION ‘AND ‘IDENTITY AND VIOLENCE’

INTRODUCTION: Huntington emphasized on the culture and civilization in the period of end of cold war. He particularly gives importance on the conflict among the civilization. He divides the world into eight pieces which he named as “Eight major civilization”. Huntington’s main argument is regarding the changes after the Cold War. In which the people shifted from ideological, political, or economic form to cultural form. This form of identification can make both bring people together and make them apart. Huntington believes on that people unity become strong because of sharing their cultural values, while others have split apart because of giving more focused on how their

At the end of the day, he sets up his contention by characterizing the limits of what makes a decent worldview and afterward goes ahead to demonstrate how his own particular worldview best meets these limits. For instance, he centers on the news from a solitary half year time frame in 1993, from which he draws 20 cases of occasions that fit his worldview. Huntington acknowledges that specific parts of past ideal models stay applicable, yet in addition focuses to manners by which they miss the mark. For the four different speculations he assesses, later occasions invalidate at least one parts of their focal suspicions. For instance, the pragmatist approach would lead researchers to expect a contention amongst Russia and Ukraine, rather than accepting that Ukraine would wind up inside split after some time. In light of his guidelines for judging a worldview, Huntington contends that his civilizational approach is better than these other four since it best predicts late

In clash of civilization- Main five arguments- (5)

Part I: For the first time in history global politics is both multipolar and multi-civilizational.

Part II: The balance of power among civilizations is shifting.

Part III: A civilization-based world order is emerging: societies sharing cultural affinities cooperate with each other; efforts to shift societies from one civilization to another are unsuccessful; and countries group themselves around the lead or core states of their civilization.

Part IV: The West’s Universalist pretensions increasingly bring it into conflict with other civilizations, most seriously with Islam and China;

Part V: The survival of the West depends on Americans reaffirming their Western identity and Westerners accepting their civilization as unique not