Transcending Dualism in Samuel P. Huntington’s Clash of Civilizations Thesis

Areeba Ahsanat Moazzam

South Asian Survey, 2014, vol. 21, issue 1-2, 64-76

Abstract: Glorification of ‘self’ (Western civilisation) at the expense of the ‘other’ (eight civilisations) was inherent in Huntington’s Clash of Civilizations thesis. The ‘other’ civilisations identified—as the non-self and situated mostly in the Global South—were clubbed together as the Rest, irrespective of their pluralism. Building on Huntington’s binaries—the West and the Rest—this article makes an attempt to reflect on similarities within the perceived differences. Even though his civilisations appear different, they are in many ways similar due to interactions, colonisation and globalisation. Their relationship has become complicated; Western civilisation cannot do without civilisations from the Global South. Hence, there can be no perpetual or fixed enemy nor can all relationships be suspended with the ‘other’ in a globalising world.

Keywords: Dualism; binaries; clash; civilisations; Samuel P. Huntington; self; other; West; Rest (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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