| Description |
1 online resource (97 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
The Macat Library |
| Contents |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; WAYS IN TO THE TEXT; Who Was Samuel Huntington?; What Does The Clash of Civilizations Say?; Why Does The Clash of Civilizations Matter?; SECTION 1: INFLUENCES; Module 1: The Author and the Historical Context; Module 2: Academic Context; Module 3: The Problem; Module 4: The Author's Contribution; SECTION 2: IDEAS; Module 5: Main Ideas; Module 6: Secondary Ideas; Module 7: Achievement; Module 8: Place in the Author's Work; SECTION 3: IMPACT; Module 9: The First Responses; Module 10: The Evolving Debate; Module 11: Impact and Influence Today |
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Module 12: Where Next?Glossary of Terms; People Mentioned in the Text; Works Cited |
| Summary |
"The end of the Cold War, which occurred early in the 1990s, brought joy and freedom to millions. But it posed a difficult question to the world's governments and to the academics who studied them: how would world order be remade in an age no longer dominated by the competing ideologies of capitalism and communism? Samuel P. Huntington was one of the many political scientists who responded to this challenge by conceiving works that attempted to predict the ways in which conflict might play out in the 21st century, and in The Clash of Civilizations he suggested that a new kind of conflict, one centred on cultural identity, would become the new focus of international relations. Huntington's theories, greeted with scepticism when his book first appeared in the 1990s, acquired new resonance after 9/11. The Clash of Civilizations is now one of the most widely-set and read works of political theory in US universities; Huntington's theories have also had a measurable impact on American policy. In large part, this is a product of his problem-solving skills. Clash is a monument to its author's ability to generate and evaluate alternative possibilities and to make sound decisions between them. Huntington's view, that international politics after the Cold War would be neither peaceful, nor liberal, nor cooperative, ran counter to the predictions of almost all of his peers, yet his position - the product of an unusual ability to redefine an issue so as to see it in new ways - has been largely vindicated by events ever since."--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Huntington, Samuel P. Clash of civilizations and the remaking of world order.
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Post-communism.
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Civilization, Modern -- 1950-
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World politics -- 1989-
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781912282180 |
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1912282186 |
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