The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order (Touchstone, 1997 paperback of the 1996 book)

Samuel P. Huntington · c. 1996

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After the Cold War, global politics became multipolar and multicivilizational for the first time

Their wordsIn the post-Cold War world, for the first time in history, global politics has become multipolar and multicivilizational.
Our reading
People know who they are only by knowing who they are not, and often whom they are against

Their wordsWe know who we are only when we know who we are not and often only when we know whom we are against.
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What the West calls universalism, the rest of the world sees as imperialism

Their wordsWhat is universalism to the West is imperialism to the rest.
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Western belief in the universality of Western culture is false, immoral and dangerous

Their wordsWestern belief in the universality of Western culture suffers three problems: it is false; it is immoral; and it is dangerous.

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