Paradigm Lost: Huntington's Unfulfilled Clash of Civilizations Prediction into the 21st Century

Fox, Jonathan

doi:10.1057/palgrave.ip.8800116

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“…In some cases they explain conclusions about situations and issues that can or do increase tensions or conflict (e.g. Henderson and Tucker, 2001;Fox, 2005). Fearon and Laitin, 1996).…”

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Gauging the Magnitude of Civilization Conflict

Ellis

2010

Conflict Management and Peace Science

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Multiple studies of Huntington's suggestion of a clash of civilizations have found no support for it. This study does not reanalyze his thesis, but rather focuses on specific features of the different-civilization conflict he theorizes about. Using empirical analysis I find that different-civilization conflict is more prevalent than same-civilization conflict, and is therefore appropriate for continued scholarly examination. Even so, I conclude that over time it is not only shrinking as a percentage of the overall world conflict as previously reported but is doing so at a rate more pronounced than heretofore realized. My results support Roeder's findings that the most contentious civilizations are the West, Orthodox, and Islam, with Western states as a group being more contentious than the other two. As for a most contentious civilization dyad, I find the probability of conflict to be about the same for Western-Islamic and Western-Orthodox states. Finally, I conclude that the contentiousness of Western states derives in large part from their tendency to band together or cooperate during violent conflict.

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“…In some cases they explain conclusions about situations and issues that can or do increase tensions or conflict (e.g. Henderson and Tucker, 2001;Fox, 2005). Fearon and Laitin, 1996).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

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“…races, ethnic groups, religions, etc.) Fox, 2005;Henderson, 2005). This phenomenon continues to be a problem today, and recent conflicts in the Middle East and terrorist attacks such as the 2001 World Trade Center tragedy have generated increased attention to and fear of such conflict.…”

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Gauging the Magnitude of Civilization Conflict

Ellis

2010

Conflict Management and Peace Science

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“…Son muchas las críticas realizadas en la última década a este tipo de argumentos y, en especial a las tesis de Huntington (Russett, O'Neal y Cox, 2000;Fox, 2005). Estas incluyen desde el rechazo a la supuesta homogeneidad interna de tales civilizaciones al de una teoría del conflicto basada en un determinismo cultural que ignora las bases materiales y sociopolíticas de muchos de ellos, o la experiencia de una secular convivencia intercultural pacífica en la mayor parte del mundo.…”

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Tensiones y conflictos armados en el sistema mundial: una perspectiva geopolítica

Valle¹

2011

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El nuevo orden geopolítico mundial posterior al final de la Guerra Fría y que se corresponde con el actual proceso de globalización ha transformado la morfología, localización, causas y tipos de impactos generados por los conflictos armados, así como los discursos que en ocasiones pretenden justificarlos. A las guerras interestatales, ahora casi inexistentes, les sucede una violencia más difusa y un sentimiento de inseguridad bastante generalizado. Pero tanto las características internas y los actores presentes en los diferentes territorios que los padecen, como su inserción en las redes de flujos que se tejen en la actualidad, siguen siendo dimensiones importantes para su comprensión. El artículo resume las principales aportaciones recientes sobre estas cuestiones y revisa de forma crítica algunas ideas difundidas en estas dos últimas décadas. También propone un enfoque multicausal y multiescalar de los conflictos armados, destacando las aportaciones que pueden hacerse desde una perspectiva geopolítica.

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“…As much as it was praised, Huntington's book was also subjected to fierce criticism (see Russett, Oneal, and Cox 2000;Fox 2005). Said (2001, n.p.…”

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Us vs. Them: Cultural Encounters in Warzones through Reading American War Literature

Rehlicki

2015

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In 1996, Samuel Huntington argued that the end of the Cold War Era marked the end of global instability based on ideological and economic differences and preferences. However, he did not predict any kind of a peaceful future for humankind but maintained that future conflicts will arise from cultural differences. The clashes are inevitable, he claims, as long as one side (usually the West) insists on imposing universalism to other civilizations whose cultural awareness is on the rise. Ever since the Vietnam War, American military tacticians have believed that the knowledge and understanding of the enemy's culture will lead to victory, and American military academies and schools are dedicating more attention to cultural studies within their general strategy. This paper is based on the reading and analysis of several American fiction and non-fiction novels from the Vietnam and the Iraq Wars. Since all of these works are first-hand accounts of war experience and soldiers' cultural encounters with their 'adversaries', the research is focused on the (im)possibility of soldiers' true understanding and appreciation of different cultures/civilizations during wartime. It also suggests that knowing the enemy is to no avail if wars are fought with the goal of Westernizing other cultures. Keywords: Culture; West; United States of America; war; American literature Mi proti njim: Kulturna srečevanja na vojnih območjih skozi branje ameriške vojne književnosti POVZETEK Leta 1996 je Samuel Huntington predstavil tezo, da konec hladne vojne pomeni tudi konec globalne nestabilnosti, ki temelji na ideoloških in ekonomskih razlikah oziroma preferencah. Hkrati je napovedal, da prihodnost človeštva kljub temu ne bo mirna, pač pa da bodo prihodnji konflikti izhajali iz kulturnih razlik. Zapisal je, da so spopadi neizogibni, dokler ena od strani (običajno Zahod) vztraja na vsiljevanju univerzalizma civilizacijam, katerih kulturna zavest se krepi. Vse od vietnamske vojne so ameriški vojaški taktiki prepričani, da poznavanje in razumevanje sovražnikove kulture vodi k zmagi, zato ameriške vojaške akademije in šole v svojih strategijah vse bolj poudarjajo kulturne študije. Pričujoči prispevek temelji na branju in analizi več ameriških leposlovnih in neleposlovnih romanov o vietnamski in iraški vojni. Ker vsi predstavljajo neposredne izkušnje in kulturna srečevanja vojakov z njihovimi »nasprotniki«, se raziskava osredinja na njihovo (ne)zmožnost resničnega razumevanja in spoštovanja različnih kultur oziroma civilizacij v času vojne. Prispevek pokaže tudi, da je poznavanje sovražnika zaman, če je cilj vojne preoblikovanje drugih kultur po zahodnem zgledu.

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Paradigm Lost: Huntington's Unfulfilled Clash of Civilizations Prediction into the 21st Century

Cited by 40 publications

References 52 publications

Gauging the Magnitude of Civilization Conflict

Gauging the Magnitude of Civilization Conflict

Tensiones y conflictos armados en el sistema mundial: una perspectiva geopolítica

Us vs. Them: Cultural Encounters in Warzones through Reading American War Literature

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