Samuel Huntington

The Clash of Civilizations : A Review

Written in 1993 , political scientist Samuel Huntington presented the world a that is very descriptive and provocative . His statements are simple and his hypotheses are clearly elaborated . He has actually written a piece of vision and reality . More than ten years after his was published , the war of civilizations he has been talking about is already gradually emerging

Huntington 's premise states that the fundamental source of conflict in this new world will not be primarily ideological or economic ' rather cultural . The could have titled

Clash of Cultures but it seems that the author has incorporated every aspect of humanity from ideologies , people , economic to culture , arts , sciences and progress - thus the meaning of civilization in a sense . He has stated that the basis of this clash would be culture and religion

Lately , the war between Israel and Palestine resurfaced . The conflict is traced by the killing of two Israeli soldiers by the HAMAS , an Islamic resistance movement . However , the foundation of the war goes beyond their military conflicts but is rooted in domain of the land and in religion . Palestine in this case is Islamic and Israel is Jewish who are now both claiming for a piece of land where they can trace their identities as a people and where they can establish their sense of nation . Though international pressure is already imposed on the two conflicting power , the war seemed to be the only way for them to shape...