An Introduction to Samuel Huntington’s The Clash of Civilizations A Macat Politics Analysis

An Introduction to Samuel Huntington’s The Clash of Civilizations A Macat Politics Analysis

[@cuyraq]

My College course brought me here since I dont have time to read the entire thing >.

[@dianamontilla652]

Me too hahahaha

[@idahoe]

Me 3!!

[@SaddamHussain-xi1vf]

You explained this topic very well sir I appreciate you from pakistan.

[@larryl1517]

To me, his point somehow neglects that a state can be affected by multiple cultures at the same time. Taking Turkey, Japan or Mongolia as examples,these countries shares cultures that are from everywhere. Japan is affected by Europeans and Americans and Chinese. Turkey is influenced by Europeans and Arabian and Iranians. Mongolia is influenced by Russia and China. So It's too rough to simply divide countries by cultural similarities.

[@BigBoi9111]

I think in his book he considered Japan its own culture (not part of the sino group).

[@mani-kq1hi]

Refer to hunting tons tyes of states on cultural lines that includes cleft states, core states etc

[@ToyotomiHideyoshiGre]

You are commenting on KZbin in English so you have both British and American influences.

[@madmank7881]

He does talk about that

[@buttscholar4940]

He did address that.

[@student09gjk16]

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[@parthaprotimbarua603]

That was a very intriguing analysis

[@SaddamHussain-xi1vf]

Have you read clash of civilization book?if you have then give some good ideas from this book because I bought this book yesterday. From Pakistan.

[@akibzaman8056]

Very helpful. Thanks

[@jorgeparodi]

Whoever created this , it's evident that he didn't understand Huntington. That school childish analogy, my god!, they missed the point of Huntington's hostile vision of cultures different than the West.

[@mohamadkebbewar6827]

I agree!

[@raiyatulalam1124]

@@mohamadkebbewar6827 how?

[@matepesti8606]

Doesn't really matter, because Huntington also missed the point. See Katzenstein's critique.

[@luizavmelos]

thank you!

[@sho1715]

Why school example? Just explain with countries example...

[@alfredwoo7157]

Is there any tho ...

[@PearlMatibe]

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[@sadiashahbaz3979]

To make it easy to understand

[@bulcsuzsiga1824]

@@alfredwoo7157 I believe the Arminian-Azeri conflict was one that could describe it. Huntington himself explained the first conflict between these two as a clash between two civilizations. We are in the 90's btw. The Yugoslav war was one too. His work is a very interesting one, I recommend it.

[@abraham9305]

The High School Kids are the colors of the political compass... curious

[@armanmkhitaryan27]

Have to absolutely disagree. When I was a student I considered myself a hardcore rocker and played in a band while my best friend recorded diss battles (rap). Similar stories from my entire childhood and college years.This attempt to lump kids of different subcultures (whatever the word really means) into strict, loyal groups is very superficial and holds no water. Young people do usually form groups based on what they come to like most at that particular moment in life but these aren't iron-clad formations and aren't antagonistic per se. I would hang out with people making rap samples, playing violin, or reading poetry, or rly none of that, just as much as with fellow rock folks. There were some exceptions of course, but pretty much every friend you'd think belonged to a particular "subculture" would spend a good deal of time with "others". One more crucial thing - I never recall any "contest, any sort of "competition" behind my mixing with "other" groups or individuals.

[@bigdaddyyute6472]

Hobbies are an example. Basically what he is saying is you will favorise your friends that share interests. And even if you don't you can be sure most people will choose a side. Huntington is just saying the most important interest now is culture. What's going on these days kind of prove it right...

[@armanmkhitaryan27]

@@bigdaddyyute6472 That's what I was saying - you don't choose friends solely based on "cultural" interests. When I was a kid I had friends from all sorts of what one would call sub-cultures. And the same was the case with the rest of my friends. It may seem that say folks having a good time at some rock or jazz performance make friends only among themselves, but that's absolutely not the case. Even the notion of preferring or siding with people of similar cultural background is quite controversial. Spending some or a lot of time might be true, but not to the point of suggesting one prefers or sides with those who necessarily share cultural or subcultural interests with them. Life and social interactions are too complicated to make such a generalization, trust, liking, age all play crucial role when bonding with others. When you switch to opposite genders cultural bonds are playing even less of a role. To generalize the notion even further and project it into the world of global politics was even a bigger gamble by Huntington, there is plenty of research online deeply questioning his work. I have read both his book and the earlier essay and didn't find either convincing. I'll bring you just one example from my background - Armenia and Iran, two entirely opposite countries according to Huntington's notion of the "clash of civilizations". Armenia is a Christian country (90 some percent at least claim so) Iran is a Muslim predominant nation - both have great relations, increasing trade, ties etc. There is a long history between the countries, at some point bloody at some very peaceful, in fact extremely close. Exactly same with a Northern neighbor - Georgia which is also a Christian country and both have been engaged in military conflicts a hundred years ago the last time. Again, great relations in other moments in history. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgian%E2%80%93Armenian_War When you look deeper at these conflicts the main reason behind the confrontations is usually an attempt to dominate, subdue, conquer, occupy, etc. And there's plenty of different reasons why these things happen. Alexander the Great wasn't likely advancing eastward to establish cultural domination alone, his culture was in fact looked down on by the "true" Greeks at the time. He wanted power, glory, respect, war after all (kind of modus operandi of "the chosen ones"), and so on. Huntington's notion of the "clash of civilizations" is very dubious to me. When it comes to his civilizational map, it's just I have to use a stronger word, total farce IMO. There are so many clashes and conflicts around the world, especially where old regimes are falling apart, that if you look close enough you are necessarily going to find parties involving all sorts of religions, languages, etc.

[@parthaprotimbarua603]

It's just a simple example that he used to define Huntington's methods. Of course, children have friends with different interest but this is just a simplified example to portray the underlying message, no need to critically judge the example.

[@christophmahler]

You don't get the illustration at all. You would have a point, if You had hang out regularly with math and physics nerds, the sports 'jocks' and the introverted literature circle. Instead You just claim that a 'rapper' isn't part of Your 'cool kids' rock music clique and that You crossed a cultural line when spending time with that person...

[@shairafaiza7261]

There is barely any concept of subcultures at my school in England. Even pro school and anti school subcultures mix and communicate. I personally have friends that are deeply into music art and pop culture and friends that invest all their free time for physics and maths. We all interlink. The only time I have seen a rigid subculture idea is from high school musical.

[@ksc7957]

I would say that the theory of the Clash of Civilizations oversimply things but doesnt its wrong.

[@mrminerduck6781]

I had to learn this for history exam............. But 4 real Clash of Civilisation heares more like a mobile game.

[@antarabhide7916]

wow I still did not understand anything

[@SoiBoi_Kelda1059]

2:44 my man how the 4 did u draw Denmark? hahaha //sweden

[@jepgg4992]

Hahahahah, I spotted it too

[@dangerouswitch1066]

dr. Steve Turley

[@dawnphilllip]

0:28

[@davidaustin5622]

Sid Meier's Civilization series explain Huntington's thesis better than this.

[@kkrishna1718]

Doesn't make sense to me.

[@TheNoblot]

The king commands GOD decides/ no longer class of civilization clash of civilized world against uncivilized Washington /1492 inverted 1776 rewind. 👽👽

[@yegenek]

Totally misleading to the school analogy you should add the rich kids always supporting an evil tyrannical bully in other groups to beat them and prevent them from embracing new ideas.

[@MimiSpears-si7gg]

Or a cast system shaped around the hegalian diabetic is exposed that projects its hate and division on those able to discern between a loving rebuke and hateful malicious bullying. It is very similar and for a growing mass majority that's 💯 what we've witnessed and they call themselves woke. The woke cult/hegalian cult is now a rapidly shrinking minority and that's a great thing.

[@Chris-xb7gm]

His analysis is more and more proved to be a parody

[@pyramusk3264]

How? If anything his theories are unfolding around in the world in this very moment. No countries outside the west is actually adapting to the ways we (the west) do things. Russia, China or any muslim country are not for equality or liberty. Russia for instance is an autocratic institution which are united in their tradition. The west is crumpling just like most once great empires. How can anyone deny that?

[@rolflmao4554]

The recent developments prove that he is almost 100% correct

[@causeeffect7624]

@@pyramusk3264 I have to ask if America truly practices thise things itself.

[@theoptimisticpessimist9335]

@@causeeffect7624 It can't because of immigration and democracy.

[@peasantarcher2486]

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[@rajdeepsingh6308]

well this was disappointing

[@dawnphilllip]

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