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The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order Paperback – 5 Jun. 2002

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In 1993 the esteemed journal FOREIGN AFFAIRS published an article entitled "The Clash of Civilizations?" by Samuel P. Huntington. According to the journal's editors it went on to generate more discussion than anything they had published since the Second World War.
In the article, Huntington posed the question whether conflicts between civilizations would dominate the future of world politics. In the book, he gives the answer, showing not only how clashes between civilizations are the greatest threat to world peace but also how an international order based on civilizations is the best safeguard against war. Since September 11, his thesis has seemed even more prescient and acute. THE CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS AND THE REMAKING OF WORLD ORDER is now recognised as a classic study of international relations in an increasingly uncertain world.

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"One of the most important books to have emerged since the end of the Cold War" Henry Kissinger; "The book is dazzling in its scope and grasp of the intricacies of contemporary global politics" Francis Fukuyama; "An intellectual tour de force: bold, imaginative, and provocative. A seminal work that will revolutionize our understanding of international affairs" Zbigniew Brzezinski, former National Security Adviser

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Samuel P. Huntington is currently Albert J. Weatherhead III Professor at Harvard University. One of the world's foremost experts on international relations, he is the author of numerous ground-breaking books and articles including THE SOLDIER AND THE STATE and POLITICAL ORDER IN CHANGING SOCIETIES.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Simon & Schuster UK; Reissue edition (5 Jun. 2002)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 368 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 074323149X
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0743231497
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.9 x 2.3 x 19.8 cm
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Samuel P. Huntington (1927-2008) was the Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor at Harvard and former chairman of the Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies. He authored and edited more than dozen books.

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Reviewed in Germany on 11 April 2024
Der Titel schreckt ab. Vor allem in einem politischen Umfeld, wo wir viel von Diversität und Multi Kulti hören und lesen und dadurch auch beeinflusst werden. Huntington vertritt die These und begründet sie, dass es keine universelle Kultur auf der Welt gibt. Das bedeutet, es bestehen sehr unterschiedliche Weltordnungen und Werteordnungen nebeneinander. Eine universelle Kultur ist zwar denkbar, aber nur dann, wenn es ein universelles "Imperium", eine Art Weltregierung geben würde. In der Realität existieren aber viele Kulturen nebeneinander.
Das bedeutet praktisch, dass eine Kritik an den Verhältnissen in einer anderen Kultur wie zum Beispiel China oder auch Russland überheblich ist. Sie entstammt einem westlichen Verständnis, das ganz naiv davon ausgeht, dass alle Welt nach unserem Verständnis glücklich werden sollen und müssen. Im schlimmsten Fall verbunden mit Drohungen und Sanktionen.

Was interessiert das praktisch? Eine Analyse für Soziologen und andere, aber politisch praktisch wertlos?
Im Gegenteil. Wenn man als ein sehr simples Beispiel die deutsche Politik vertreten durch die Innenministerin bei der Fussball WM in Katar nimmt, dann erkennt man sofort, wie absurd das Verhalten der Ministerin in einem arabischen Land, wo sie Gast war, gewesen ist. Relativ offenherzig - diplomatisch formuliert - und mit einer Armbinde, die die Gastgeber erziehen wollte, ihr Verhältnis zur Homosexualität zu verändern, in aller Öffentlichkeit, das war eine kulturelle Anmassung ohne gleichen und ohne jeden Sinn. Der Westen kann eben nicht davon ausgehen, dass eine islamische Gesellschaft unsere liberalen Vorstellungen übernimmt, er kann noch nicht einmal davon ausgehen, dass diese Gesellschaft das überhaupt toleriert. Wir müssen daher lernen, mit diesen Unterschieden umzugehen. Wir müssen die Welt nicht erziehen. Und wir würden damit auch inzwischen scheitern, da sich die Machtverhältnisse zu Lasten von Europa und den USA deutlich verschieben.
Reviewed in Germany on 22 September 2019
Das Buch ist eine gute Info-Quelle, gut strukturiert aber ein bisschen viel herum geschrieben. Es hätte kürzer und kompakter sein können.
Reviewed in Germany on 4 November 2022
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Reviewed in Germany on 27 October 2021
Great Book
Reviewed in Germany on 2 December 2020
A must-have for those interested in international relations
Reviewed in Germany on 8 February 2000
I have met Mr. Huntington personally and he is a cordial man, so perhaps it would be better of me to address my criticisms of his book to him directly but it is a book in the public arena and so my critique should not remain private if I bother to make it at all.
A book which claims to present a theory about "civilizations" at all, much less one contending that whatever they might be are necessarily in conflict should make reference to the vast literature on the specific "civilizations" themselves (area studies, history, history of religion, anthropolgy, etc.). All I see in the endnotes are references to articles by other political scientists, which "research method" amounts, in discussions of cultural difference and inter-cultural relations, to the "blind leading the blind" (and when the "blind" are also self-serving, then it can end up in quite a mess for the cafteria).
One example of the fallacious foundations of this entire "conceptual model" is the sheer ignorance in evidence in SH's discussion of the defining characteristics of the "West" which include separation of church and stat which is supposed to have some relevance to the claim of the West's predisposition towards the religious toleration which is essential to Western "individualism."
The paragraph (p.70) where he discusses this creates a spurious contrast between the West and the "Caesaropapist" other civilizations, partly because none of them possess a "church" which is directly comparable to the Roman Catholic Church of the "West" in that organization's temporal and thought-controlling claims.
Another disturbing example is his insistence on labeling China "Confucian," when the sort of autocratic tendencies which Westerners refer to when they use that term are in fact the legacy of *another* Chinese political philosophy altogether, Legalism (Fajia) and that there are at least two further political philosophies, the Daoist "anti-statist" and the Moist "utopian."
Elsewhere he says that the West is distinguished by its elevation of Law. But what is Islam but shariah, Law, Law, and more Law (like Judaism and unencumbered by Christological debates like the homoousios/Filioque dividing Catholicism and Orthodoxy one).
Indeed, it is a simplified conceptual model, and what such are not, but we must remember that simplemindedness is ignorance and that ignorance, whether willed or unwilled, is an IRRESPONSIBLE basis for action. Better the US play Hamlet on the world's stage than aid in the balkanization of once usually harmononious societies through "civilizationist" hysterias.
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André Luiz
5.0 out of 5 stars Simplesmente espetacular!
Reviewed in Brazil on 23 November 2023
Faço relações internacionais e sempre quis ler esse livro, pois são recomendados por vários professores. Adorei o livro, detalha bastante sobre as civilizações e do porquê elas agem daquele jeito. O livro é espetacular, super recomendo!!
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André Luiz
5.0 out of 5 stars Simplesmente espetacular!
Reviewed in Brazil on 23 November 2023
Faço relações internacionais e sempre quis ler esse livro, pois são recomendados por vários professores. Adorei o livro, detalha bastante sobre as civilizações e do porquê elas agem daquele jeito. O livro é espetacular, super recomendo!!
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Michael Murphey
5.0 out of 5 stars Classic
Reviewed in Canada on 17 April 2023
A modern classic, which when paired with Mearsheimer's Tragedy of Great Power Politics, and Spengler's Decline of the West outlines a set of paradigms for our news.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Bien.
Reviewed in Spain on 17 July 2023
Lo pedí en inglés porque me hacía falta para un trabajo relacionado con el tema. Es fácil de entender, está todo bastante bien explicado. Incluye imágenes y gráficas. La letra es más bien pequeña.
Mattia
5.0 out of 5 stars Il libro necessario a capire le dinamiche socio-culturali di questo secolo.
Reviewed in Italy on 14 February 2022
Mi è piaciuto tantissimo, si può considerare pro-America fino ad un certo punto. L'autore era americano chiaro, però le sue idee e le sue opinioni sono espresse in maniera obiettiva ed oggettiva con moltissimi riferimenti a fonti autorevoli ed affidabili quindi non considero questo libro propaganda pro-America ma veramente un capolavoro, un lavoro minuzioso da parte di Huntington nel farci capire le varie connessioni, scontri e alleanza tra le varie civiltà esistenti nel mondo (che lui suddivide in sette).

Consiglio la lettura ai più giovani per farsi un'idea chiara di ciò a cui stiamo andando incontro, e non solo, anche a chiunque voglia approfondire la questione europea degli ultimi 20 anni.
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Ricardo Aguilar
5.0 out of 5 stars Excelente libro
Reviewed in Mexico on 16 January 2020
El libro es excelente; llegó en perfectas condiciones y mucho antes de lo que se indicaba originalmente. Sin duda, Huntington fue un visionario y se adelantó a muchas cosas que fueron ocurriendo y que confirmaron sus hipótesis. Lo único malo del autor es que me parece demasiado anglosajón en su forma de plantear las cosas, y se nota una cierta actitud racista hacia los latinoamericanos. En fin, con ello confirma que la lucha de civilizaciones es más real de lo que se plantea en el papel. Es un libro obligado para quien quiera ahondar en el mundo de la geopolítica.