clash of civilizations

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geopolitical theory international relations theory political science concept

Clash of civilizations is a geopolitical theory that argues future global conflicts will be driven primarily by cultural and civilizational differences rather than ideological or economic ones.

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instanceOf geopolitical theory ⓘ
international relations theory ⓘ
political science concept ⓘ
arguesThat future global conflicts will be driven primarily by cultural and civilizational differences ⓘ
ideological and economic differences will be less important sources of conflict than cultural ones ⓘ
associatedWith Samuel P. Huntington's realist perspective ⓘ
contrastsWith Francis Fukuyama's End of History thesis NERFINISHED ⓘ
criticizedFor cultural essentialism ⓘ
overgeneralization of civilizations ⓘ
potentially reinforcing stereotypes ⓘ
underestimating intra-civilizational conflicts ⓘ
definesKeyUnitAs civilization ⓘ
emphasizesFactor culture ⓘ
history ⓘ
language ⓘ
religion ⓘ
expandedIntoBookIn 1996 ⓘ
firstFormulatedIn 1993 ⓘ
firstPublishedAs journal article ⓘ
firstPublishedIn Foreign Affairs NERFINISHED ⓘ
focusesOn post–Cold War world order ⓘ
hasAuthor Samuel P. Huntington NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFullTitle The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasKeyConcept civilizational rallying ⓘ
core state conflicts ⓘ
fault line wars ⓘ
kin-country syndrome ⓘ
identifiesCivilization African civilization ⓘ
Hindu civilization ⓘ
Islamic civilization ⓘ
Japanese civilization ⓘ
Latin American civilization ⓘ
Orthodox civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sinic civilization NERFINISHED ⓘ
Western civilization ⓘ
influencedDebateIn geopolitics ⓘ
international relations ⓘ
security studies ⓘ
language English ⓘ
predicts conflicts between major world civilizations ⓘ
increased conflict along cultural fault lines ⓘ
proposesConcept civilizational fault lines ⓘ
core states ⓘ
torn countries ⓘ
regionOfFocus global ⓘ
timePeriodDiscussed post–Cold War era ⓘ
usedToInterpret post–Cold War conflicts ⓘ
relations between the West and the Islamic world ⓘ

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