The Irony of Western Ideas in a Multicultural World: Russians’ Intellectual Engagement with the “End of History” and “Clash of Civilizations

Tsygankov, Andrei. "The Irony of Western Ideas in a Multicultural World: Russians' Intellectual Engagement with the 'End of History' and 'Clash of Civilizations.'" International Studies Review 5:1 (Mar. 2003), 53-76.

International ideas can make important contributions to how local cultures and civilizations perceive each other. Indeed, ideas formulated in one society can be misunderstood by the domestic publics of another society when they are framed in an ethnocentric or culturally exclusive manner. This essay examines the discursive engagement of the Russian political elite with two prominent Western visions regarding the post‐Cold War world order: Fukuyama’s “End of History,” and Huntington’s “Clash of Civilizations.”

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