Research Paper on:
Controversial 1993 Article 'Clash of Nations'

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was more than simply a terrorist act, in the eyes of many it was a Jihad of one civilisation against another. To many this must have been a chilling event,  especially if they had read the book ; The Clash of Civilizations that was written by Samuel P Huntington and published in the summer of 1993. Huntington was in  a position to be able to write such a controversial book due this is academic and professional standing, as the A professor at Harvard University, with his title in  of the Science of Government at Harvard University this book was seen by some as rationalising racism and by others as a warning of what may occur if the political  scenarios that had been followed as a result of the political paradigms that had been followed for the past forty years were to continue. To book was close on the  heels of an article that had created an equal level of controversy. The main point of this book can b seen as  the way that cultures are depicts and foreseen as able to clash. This is something far more fundamental to the human psyche. History tells us many wars are created not  by economic necessity or by political idealism, but those that are long running are often tinged with religious or cultural elements that cannot be overcome through negotiation alone. The  hypothesis of the book can be summed up in a single paragraph; " the fundamental source of conflict in this new world will not be primarily ideological or primarily economic.  The great divisions among humankind and the dominating source of conflict will be cultural.... The clash of civilizations will dominate global politics ... conflict between civilizations will supplant ideological and