The Clash of Civilizations?
by Samuel P. Huntington · first published 2003
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"Clash of Civilizations" by Samuel P. Huntington It's remarkable how universal this book is, despite being written long ago. It changed my perspective on the West-centric world.
on “Ask HN: Life Changing Books?” ↗…right now are China and Russia, who must surely see a new system of regional powers operating in their own spheres, not a single global power which is apparently a historical fiction. The excellent book, Clash of Civilizations predicted this move to regional powers versus the 50's simple East/West divide, along with many other current events we see now. It was written 30 years ago.
on “US reputation hits 'depths not seen this century' – and 'may never recover'” ↗> The excellent book, Clash of Civilizations predicted this move to regional powers versus the 50's simple East/West divide, along with many other current events we see now. It was written 30 years ago. Did it get many predictions wrong? That's…
on “US reputation hits 'depths not seen this century' – and 'may never recover'” ↗…the historicity of Islam. There is a very sad and shortsighted movement in some corners of military scholarship right now that identifies Islam itself as the enemy, often beginning with Huntington's "clash of civilizations" narrative and ending with some examples of sheer lunacy, such as the recent article by a West Point associate professor arguing that legal human rights scholars are "an Islamist fifth column." Islam…
on “Fragments of World's Oldest Koran May Predate Muhammad” ↗…me 15-20 years ago when thanks to the Internet I started to interact with Americans. At the end Western is a code word for White dominated places or sometimes just Anglo. This came from Huntington's Clash of Civilizations a profoundly ignorant work. As you wrote you can live in Buenos Aires, Sao Paulo or Mexico City, huge cosmopolitan places, maybe you have some recent relatives who came from Italy or Spain or Portugal,…
on “How Children in a Maya Village Do Chores” ↗…the historicity of Islam. There is a very sad and shortsighted movement in some corners of military scholarship right now that identifies Islam itself as the enemy, often beginning with Huntington's "clash of civilizations" narrative and ending with some examples of sheer lunacy, such as the recent article by a West Point associate professor arguing that legal human rights scholars are "an Islamist fifth column." This…
on “Fragments of World's Oldest Koran May Predate Muhammad” ↗I'm not a Political Scientist or even particularly well read on the subject. But 'The Clash of civilizations', by Huntington Is a fairly standard big picture view. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clash_of_Civilizations America is unfortunately now immersed in tribalism. Those who should be trying to reverse…
on “President Obama Should Shut Down the NSA’s Mass Spying Before It’s Too Late” ↗…to be some break points. The same could be asked by Russian. They are mostly of Christian Faith, and, speak a language that is very similar to some European languages. If I remember right, Huntington (Clash of Civilizations) introduced the Ukraine, Turkey and Australia as countries that needed to make a decision which part they wanted to belong to finally. Maybe, one could argue that Mexico is in a similar spot.
on “How Children in a Maya Village Do Chores” ↗…fueling Islamic extremism? Muslims want to assimilate us. It is one-way traffic…They have no confidence in allowing choice.12 Samuel Huntington sent me a piece he was writing in Foreign Affairs called the “Clash of Civilizations.” When I saw him, I said, look, I agree with you only where the Muslims are concerned, only there…Hinduism, Chinese Confucianism or Communism, Japanese Shintoism, they are secular really. They know that…
on “Lee Kuan Yew's Singapore Story” ↗…Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution (https://www.amazon.com/dp/0374533229/) by Fukuyama (yes, I know, I know, but I guess he learned something after The End of History). It and Clash of Civilizations are on my near term to read list.
on “President Obama Should Shut Down the NSA’s Mass Spying Before It’s Too Late” ↗…initiative, lack of flexibility, manipulation of information, and the discouragement of leadership at the junior officer level. > The barrage of criticism leveled at Samuel Huntington's notion of a "clash of civilizations"17 in no way lessens the vital point he made—that however much the grouping of peoples by religion and culture rather than political or economic divisions offends academics who propound a world defined…
on “Why Arabs Lose Wars (1999)” ↗…would hit America around the second or > third decade of the 21st century—that is, right > about now. And, of course, he was correct. That "of course"! Huntington, of course, is widely known for his Clash of Civilizations, one of several highly publicized attempts in the early 90s to explain post-Cold War geopolitics with a single thesis. Francis Fukuyama (The End of History) and, less notorious in the popular press, John…
on “Collapsing Levels of Trust Are Devastating America” ↗I’m often think of an interesting quote found inside Samuel Huntington’s book “Clash of Civilizations” (which is pretty meh, IMHO): “The West won the world not by the superiority of its ideas or values or religion, but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget…
on “Henry Kissinger Has Died” ↗…or values or religion . . . but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence.” He continued: “Westerners often forget this fact; non-Westerners never do.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clash_of_Civilizations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_P._Huntington
on “Who's Afraid of Peter Thiel? A New Biography Suggests We All Should Be (2021)” ↗First of all, that letter is from Karp, not Thiel. And your reading of this letter, and Huntington's theory of the clash of civilizations, is absurdly alarmist and misleading. I'm not saying Huntington was correct but he's not some fringe far-right nutjob hoping for a "vicious race war".
on “Who's Afraid of Peter Thiel? A New Biography Suggests We All Should Be (2021)” ↗