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The Clash of Civilizations? The Debate

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World politics is entering a new phase, in which the great divisions among humankind and the dominating source of international conflict will be cultural. Civilizations-the highest cultural groupings of people-are differentiated from each other by religion, history, language and tradition. These divisions are deep and increasing in importance.

The Clash of Civilations?
1996
876091648
$9.95
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The Clash of Civilizations?
Samuel Huntington, Foreign Affairs, Summer 1993

The Summoning
Fouad Ajami, Foreign Affairs, September/October 1993

The Dangers of Decadence
Kishore Mahbubani, Foreign Affairs,September/October 1993

The Case for Optimism
Robert L. Bartley, Foreign Affairs,September/October 1993

Civilization Grafting
Liu Binyan, Foreign Affairs, September/October 1993

The Modernizing Imperative
Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, Foreign Affairs, September/October 1993

Do Civilizations Hold?
Albert L. Weeks, Foreign Affairs, September/October 1993

The West is the Best
Gerard Piel, Foreign Affairs, September/October 1993

If Not Civilizations, What?
Samuel Huntington, Foreign Affairs, November/December 1993

The Clash of Civilizations?
The Summoning
The Dangers of Decadence: What the Rest Can Teach the West
The Case for Optimism: The West Should Believe in Itself
Civilization Grafting: No Culture is an Island
The Modernizing Imperative: Tradition and Change
Do Civilizations Hold?
The West Is Best
If Not Civilizations, What? Samuel Huntington Responds to His Critics
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