The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order
by Samuel P. Huntington, Ṭalʻat Shāyib, Ṣalāḥ Qanṣūh · first published 1996
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From the Preface... In the summer of 1993 the journal Foreign Affairs published an article of mine titled "The Clash of Civilizations?". That article, according to the Foreign Affairs editors, stirred up more discussion in three years than any other article they had published since the 1940s. It certainly stirred up more debate in three years than anything else I have written. The responses and comments on it have come from every continent and scores of countries. People were variously impressed, intrigued, outraged, frightened, and perplexed by my argument that the central and most dangero
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Have you read Pinker: The Blank Slate, and Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty? And "The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order" by Samuel P. Huntington? Also, Gleick: Chaos? Oh, and for fiction the James S. A. Corey: The Expanse series, veeeery easy to read, normally funny, and quite clever.
on “Lessons learned after 300 books in 4 years” ↗…the superiority of its ideas or values or religion, but rather by its superiority in applying organized violence. Westerners often forget this fact, non-Westerners never do" -- Samuel Huntington. The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order, p. 51.
on “Investing in Pirates” ↗…makes sense. The category itself, regardless of its label, is useful. In terms of Latin America being a part of the West or not, that's more interesting. I'm currently reading Samuel P. Huntington's "A Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order" and in it he talks a lot about civilizations which he defines as the highest cultural grouping of people short of what makes us human. Language, law, and religion in Latin America largely derive from…
on “This map is not upside down” ↗This is the naive viewpoint. Ever head about "The Clash Of Civilizations: And The Remaking Of World Order", which is actually a book? Westerners do not truly understand how degenerate their political leaders can come across to the rest of the world. A good of example if the policy of denying aid or some…
Thanks, no. I'll start with "The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order" as it's the most controversial one (spread of reviews) and if I like it I'll keep going.
on “Lessons learned after 300 books in 4 years” ↗