Re-clash of civilizations

A decade after its debut, Samuel Huntington's famous thesis still draws fire from liberal intellectuals in the US. . .

By Matthew Price

February 15, 2004

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In our time, few formulations have sparked more controversy than Samuel Huntington's "clash of civilizations" thesis. In the Harvard political scientist's view, laid out in a 1993 Foreign Affairs essay and expanded into a book three years later, the conflicts of the post-Cold War era will arise not from ideological or economic differences but from cultural divisions. (Full Article: 1124 Words)