Research On Huntington’s Clash Of Civilizations Theory

Civilization conflict theory of Samuel Huntington becomes an independent schoolof theory in the history of politics of the world, published by academic attention, thecomments that are Ever fount. The core of his theory is the new perspective in the worldof political relations. He thinks that the post Col-d War international order requires a newbreakthrough, the division of the world into the Chinese civilization, Islamic civilizationand so on. There are eight civilization, and advocate the civilization conflicts betweeninternational order will be after the main contradiction.This paper is divided into four chapters on Samuel Huntington’s theory ofcivilization; the first chapter is the main paradigm of Huntington’s "clash o-fCivilizations". The theme of the clash of civilizations of Huntington’s culture and culturalidentity (it is a cultural identity at the broadest level) formed after the Cold War, theworld with the split and conflict mode. To sum it u-p: First of all, the future of the world,civilization as the main line to divide the politics of the world, this conflict may becomethe main contradiction of the future of the world, to replace the original political oreconomic ideology division standard; Secondly, in terms of language, religion and othercultural f-actors into eight civilization, conflict of cubic into westernand non-westerncountries, and this opposition may evolve into the basic contradiction; Finally, he thinksthe Western civilization itself should have a sense of crisis, asopposed to universalcivilization, while in the alert level, combined with the vigilanceis the Islamic civilizationand Confucianism civilization. In this chapter, the author expounds the view ofHuntington from five aspects. Including culture, the clash of civilization, Western andnon-western, Islamic and fault line wars. He worried that the West and the non-westcivilizations separated, and especially from non-Western pressure, overstates thecombined effects of Islam and China, highlighted the "Chinese threat". Huntingtonmainly by eloign to divide the major civilizations existing, because of religious and othercultural factors, has the very strong exclusiveness and persistence."Cultural conflict isthe most dangerous of these conflicts occur along the fault lines of civilization." This isHuntington give us warning.The second chapter focuses on the expression of the main content of Huntington’s "clash of Civilizations" theory: the clash of civilizations is inevitable; whether thenon-Western civilization is a threat to Western civilization an-d Islamic civilization andWestern civilization; whether to become an independent school of Japanese civilization.In general, the author appreciates Huntington original opinion about these problems, putforward a fundamental question-n for this several viewpoints on the other hand, it is theeconomic base determines the superstructure, civilization as a content of ideology, theprediction of development throughout the world and the future war is not the decisiverole. The author thinks, the Huntington paradigm imaginary point of view, thiscivilization fundamental factors may be present, but not decisive. He just grabbed a senseof identity.The third chapter is a review of Huntington’s "clash of Civilizations" theory. Reviewfocused on two aspects USA relations with Islamic and fault line wars. The relationshipbetween Islam and America concern has been the relationship between before and afterthe cold war, both sides are changing; Huntington expression in Western and non Westerncivilization view on whether there is worth exploring content, because Huntington standis USA, whether projected domestic problems America is the focus of this section in theinternational arena; in Huntington’s idea, he will be whether the fault line wars will endOne divides into two., namely fault line violence maystop entirely in a period of time, butnot a permanent end.The intrinsic value of the fourth chapter of Huntington’s "clash of Civilizations"theory: Theory of "clash of civilization" is a new understanding of the clash ofcivilizations of the post Cold War international conflict theory, is in a new perspectivewith Eastern Europe disintegration change pole pattern o-f world upheaval and examinethe world, its view of the traditional understanding of the world is no longer the ideologyon the understanding, but for the civilization of this argument to show the new blueprint;"the clash of Civilizations" provides a new paradigm of international order,implementation depend-s on how people react to predict whether;"with the reality of thepolitical significance of the clash of Civilizations", civilization conflict paradigmproposed by Huntington reflects his Western culture a "consciousness", but also fo-rother civilization in a "sense of crisis".