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Thomas L. Friedman and Samuel P. Huntington on Globalization

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With the fall of the Soviet Union the world has changed and has presented many historians and scholars with a great deal of information to digest. Samuel P. Huntington and  Thomas L. Friedman are two individuals who understand the importance of considering the Post-Cold war era when examining issues of globalization. In the following paper we examine "The Clash of  Civilization and the Remaking of World Order" by Huntington and "The Lexus and the Olive Tree" by Friedman, discussing their contents separately as they involve issues of globalization. The paper  ends with a brief comparison and contrast of the two. Huntington Huntingtons book indicates that, as one would expect, the power of the United States, both politically and  socially, is profound when examining globalization following the Cold War. He states, "The argument now that the spread of pop culture and consumer goods around the world represents the triumph  of Western civilization trivializes Western culture. The essence of Western civilization is the Magna Carta not the Magna Mac. The fact that non-Westerners may bite into the latter has no  implications for them accepting the former" (Huntington, 1996; p. NA). In this we see how the political forces are perhaps what Huntington is focusing on, trying to indicate that it  is not just our "pop" culture that has caused so much influence. Aside from the political force of the United States, we note that one of Huntingtons biggest subjects of  focus is religion. "Huntington sees religion as the single most important factor in world cultures and he has redrawn the geographical map along these lines. He points out eight distinctive  civilizations: Islamic, Sinic (centered on the core state of China), Western (with the United States at its core), Orthodox (with Russia as its core), Japanese, Hindu, Latin American and possibly