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The Clash of Civilizations?Samuel Huntington
Huntington’s Civilizations
Clash of Civilizations Major Thesis
Huntington’s Proposals
Amartya Sen Critique
• Morally offensive and destructive– Simplified: Culture is much more than religion-
we are multi-dimensional.– Classification supercedes the possibility that we
chose our own identities– Stereotyping is morally gross– Classification is divisive
Amartya Sen Critique of Huntington
• Politically Destructive: – If we chose our own identifications we can
make political associations based on different identities
• Pakistan/Bangladesh
• Poverty
– We also might chose to make ethical, not identity based associations
Amartya Sen Critique of Huntington
• Ignores diversity of traditions within “civilizations”– Muslims and other traditions in India
• “Western” appropriation of tolerance ignore diversity of this cultural trait
• Ignores major global interactions in science, technology, mathematics and literature over past millenia
Amartya Sen Critique of Huntington
Amartya Sen Critique of Huntington
• Far reaching effects:– Gives exaggerated commanding voice to religious
leaders
– Causes self-identification of non-western world as “the other” at the expense of freedom to chose among many identities
– Focuses on what divides v. what unites; fuels alienation
– Interferes with positive work of identifying solutions to inqualities without losing technological and economic opportunities
McWorld v. Jihad
Benjamin Barber
Elements of McWorld
Elements of Jihad