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Samuel P. Huntington: An Appreciation

– Putnam, Robert. "Samuel P. Huntington: An Appreciation." Political Science and Politics 19:4 (Autumn, 1986): 837-845.
“To survey the life and work of Samuel P. Huntington, the new President of the American Political Science Association, is a challenging task. First, even more than most other leaders… More

If Not Civilizations, What? Paradigms of the Post-Cold War World

– Huntington, Samuel P. "If Not Civilizations, What? Paradigms of the Post-Cold War World." Foreign Affairs v. 72, n. 5 (1993): 186-194.
When people think seriously, they think abstractly; they conjure up simplified pictures of reality called concepts, theories, models, paradigms. Without such intellectual constructs, there… More

If Not Huntington’s “Civilizations,” Then Whose?

– Alker, Hayward. "If Not Huntington's "Civilizations," Then Whose?" Review (Fernand Braudel Center) 18:4 (Fall, 1995): 533-562.
“Samuel P. Huntington defines a civilization in psycho-cultural terms as “the highest cultural grouping of people and the broadest level of [‘intensely’ held]… More

The Clash of Civilizations: The Debate

– Ed. Huntington, Samuel P. The Clash of Civilizations: The Debate.  New York: Foreign Affairs, 1996.
According to Samuel Huntington’s seminal 1993 essay, The Clash of Civilizations, world politics is entering a new phase, in which the great divisions among humankind and the… More

“The “Clash” of Civilizations? Or an Emerging “East Asian Modernity”?

– C.J.W Wee, "The "Clash" of Civilizations? Or an Emerging "East Asian Modernity"? Sojourn: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia 11:2 (October 1996): 211-230.
“This paper examines Samuel Huntington’s influential article, “The Clash of Civilizations?”, particularly his interest in “Confucian” civilizations.… More

The West: Unique, Not Universal

– Huntington, Samuel P. "The West: Unique, Not Universal." Foreign Affairs v. 75, n. 6 (1996): 28.
In recent years Westerners have reassured themselves and irritated others by expounding the notion that the culture of the West is and ought to be the culture of the world. This conceit… More

Democracy for the Long Haul

– Huntington, Samuel P. "Democracy for the Long Haul." Journal of Democracy v. 7, n. 2 (1996): 3-13.
I was last in Taipei in January 1989, participating in a conference on political change in Taiwan co-sponsored by the Institute of International Relations of National Chengchi University… More

Remaking the World by Sandra Buckley

– Buckley, Sandra. "Remaking the World: Reflections on Huntington's Clash of Civilizations." Theory & Event, 2:4 (1998): 1-24.
“I was having a great deal of trouble trying to identify for myself what I wanted to say in this essay and in frustration I took a day off and went to visit the Monterey Aquarium with… More

The Promise of Globalization or the Clash of Civilizations

– Neckerman, Peter. "The Promise of Globalization or the Clash of Civilizations." World and I 13:2 (Dec. 1998): 314.
“If I were asked to give a name to our century, I would not hesitate for a single moment. I would call it the “Century of Globalization,” because this will be its lasting… More

A Clash of Civilizations: An Idée Fixe?

– Senghaas, Deiter. "A Clash of Civilizations: An Idée Fixe?" Journal of Peace Research 35:1 (Jan 1998): 127-132.
Huntington’s thesis on the prospective clash of civilizations is criticized in two directions: neither the original article or the book gives any systematic analysis of the inherent… More

From Modernization Theory Towards the ‘Clash of Civilizations’: Directions and Paradigm Shifts in Samuel Huntington’s Analysis and Prognosis of Global Development

– Kreutzmann, Hermann. "From Modernization Theory Towards the 'Clash of Civilizations': Directions and Paradigm Shifts in Samuel Huntington's Analysis and Prognosis of Global Development." GeoJournal, 46:4 (1998): 255-265.
This paper critically discusses Samuel Huntington’s contribution to development studies. Long before his currently debated work on the clash of civilizations, Huntington wrote on the… More

Clash of Civilizations, or Realism and Liberalism Déjà Vu? Some Evidence

– Russett, Bruce and John Oneal and Michaelene Cox. "Clash of Civilizations, or Realism and Liberalism Déjà Vu? Some Evidence." Journal of Peace Research 37:5 (Sep. 2000): 583-608.
We assess the degree to which propositions from Samuel Huntington’s The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order can account for the incidence of militarized interstate… More

Dialogue Among Civilizations: Possibilities after Huntington

– Healey, Stephen. "Dialogue Among Civilizations: Possibilities after Huntington." International Journal on World Peace. 18:1 (Mar. 2001): 7-14.
“Samuel Huntington’s 1993 Foreign Affairs article “The Clash of Civilizations?” was greeted with a hailstorm of protest, but many also felt that Huntington had grasped something… More

Clear and Present Strangers: The Clash of Civilizations and International Conflict

– Henderson, Erroll and Richard Tucker. "Clear and Present Strangers: The Clash of Civilizations and International Conflict." International Studies Quarterly 45:2 (Jun. 2001): 317-338.
“Huntington’s (1993a, 1993b, 1996) clash of civilizations thesis suggests that states belonging to different civilizations are more likely to become involved in conflict with… More

Two Civilizations and Ethnic Conflict: Islam and the West

– Fox, Jonathan. "Two Civilizations and Ethnic Conflict: Islam and the West." Journal of Peace Research 38:4 (Jul. 2001): 459-472.
Samuel Huntington’s controversial ‘Clash of Civilizations’ argument posits, among other things, that the extent of both international and domestic conflict between… More

Looking the World in the Eye by Robert D. Kaplan

– Kaplan, Robert. "Looking the World in the Eye." The Atlantic 288:5 (Dec. 2001): 68-82.
Excerpt: The most memorable review that Samuel Phillips Huntington, the Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor at Harvard, ever got was a bad one. “Imagine,” Huntington… More

Islam and the West

– Bilgrami, Akeel. "Islam and the West." Philosophy & Social Criticism 38:5 (2002): 477-483.
This short essay analyzes the deception and self-deception in talk of ‘the clash of civilizations’ and proceeds to diagnose what is wrong in the standard understanding of Islam in the… More

If Not a Clash, Then What? Huntington, Nishida Kitaro and the Politics of Civilizations

– Jones, Christopher. "If Not a Clash, Then What? Huntington, Nishida Kitaro and the Politics of Civilizations." International Relations of the Asia Pacific 2.2 (Aug 1, 2002): 223-243.
The debate surrounding Samuel Huntington’s influential Clash of Civilizations thesis has been focused too narrowly on the accuracy of his categorization of civilizations. This focus… More

The ‘Clash of Civilizations’ and Postcommunist Europe

– Miller, Bill. "The 'Clash of Civilizations' and Postcommunist Europe." Comparative European Politics 1:2 (2003): 111-127.
Samuel Huntington’s ‘clash of civilizations’ thesis has been widely disputed, but rarely challenged on the basis of individual-level data. Focusing on two postcommunist societies… More

Samuel Huntington and the Geopolitics of American Identity: The Function of Foreign Policy in America’s Domestic Clash of Civilizations

– El-Din, Aysha. "Samuel Huntington and the Geopolitics of American Identity: The Function of Foreign Policy in America's Domestic Clash of Civilizations." International Studies Review, 5:1 (2003): 53-76.
The clash of civilizations thesis’s true origins lie partly in problems Samuel Huntington sees brewing in his own country. His thesis is to a considerable extent an externalization of… More

Huntington’s Shift to the Declinist Camp: Conservative Declinism and the ‘Historical Function’ of the Clash of Civilizations

– El-Din, Aysha. "Huntington’s Shift to the Declinist Camp: Conservative Declinism and the ‘Historical Function’ of the Clash of Civilizations." International Relations 17:4 (2003): 429-452.
Samuel Huntington, a severe critic of decline theory and an adamant revivalist, shifted radically to the declinist camp with the end of the Cold War, his penultimate declinist vision being… More

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… More

The US Media, Huntington and September 11

– Abrahamian, Ervand. "The US Media, Huntington and September 11." Third World Quarterly, 24:3 (Jun. 2003): 529-544.
The mainstream quality media in the USA—unlike that of Europe— framed September 11 within the context of Islam, culture and civilisations. In other words, it explained the crisis by… More

Osama bin Laden Has Given Common Identity Back to the West

– Huntington, Samuel P. "Osama bin Laden Has Given Common Identity Back to the West." New Perspectives Quarterly v. 19, n. 1 (2003): 5-8.
Osama bin Laden has declared war on Western civilization, and in particular the United States. If the Muslim community to which Bin Laden is appealing rallies to him, then it will become a… More

Huntington or Halliburton? The Real Clash of Civilizations in American Life

– James, Christine. "Huntington or Halliburton? The Real Clash of Civilizations in American Life." Journal for the Study of Religion and Ideologies 3:8 (2004): 43-54.
A wide variety of sources, including the Huntington literature and popular mass media, show that Huntington’s “clash of civilizations” idea actually has very little value in… More

The News Media and the “Clash of Civilizations”

– Seib, Philip. "The News Media and the 'Clash of Civilizations.'" Parameters 34:4 (Winter 2004): 71-86.
The “call to jihad is rising in the streets of Europe, and is being answered,” reported The New York Times in April 2004. The Times story quoted a Muslim cleric in Britain touting the… More

Culture, Civilization, or Economy? Test of the Clash of Civilizations Thesis

– Imai, Kunhiko. "Culture, Civilization, or Economy? Test of the Clash of Civilizations Thesis." International Journal on World Peace, Vol. 23:3 (Sept. 2006): 3-33
Many scholars posit that globalization of national economies has weakened states’ control over their societies among developing countries, thus contributing to their democratization.… More

Political Islam, Clash of Civilizations, U.S. Dominance and Arab Support of Attacks on America: A Test of a Hierarchical Model

– Mostafa Mohammed and Mohanedt Al-Hamdi, "Political Islam, Clash of Civilizations, U.S. Dominance and Arab Support of Attacks on America: A Test of a Hierarchical Model." Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, 30:8 (2007): 723-736.
This study examines two theses used to explain Arab support of the 11 September attacks on the United States: clash of civilizations and anti-dominance reaction to perceived American… More

A Scholar and a Gentleman

– Desch, Michael. "A Scholar and a Gentleman," American Conservative 8:2 (Jan. 26, 2009): 25-26.
Samuel Huntington died on Christmas Eve at age 81 after a long and slow decline. We have lost not only an astute public intellectual but a fine man. Fortunately, he left a rich legacy:… More

A Scholar and a Gentleman by Eliot Cohen

– Eliot Cohen, "A Scholar and a Gentleman," Weekly Standard, January 19, 2009.
Excerpt: As the obituary notices will tell you, Samuel Huntington was a controversial figure. They lead, normally, with a reference to “Clash of Civilizations?” his 1993 Foreign… More

“A Zone of Deep Shadow”: Pedagogical and Familial Reflections on “The Clash of Civilizations”

– Jardine, David, Rahat Naqvi and Eric Jardine. ""A Zone of Deep Shadow": Pedagogical and Familial Reflections on "The Clash of Civilizations"." Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education, Vol. 41:3 (2010): 209-232.
This paper examines the media coverage of the murder of a young Muslim girl in Mississauga, Ontario in December 2007. We examine how that coverage moved from concerns for a terrible family… More

Beyond the Social Imaginary of “Clash of Civilizations”?

– Rizvi, Fazal. "Beyond the Social Imaginary of "Clash of Civilizations"?" Educational Philosophy and Theory, 43:3 (2011) pp. 225-235.
In recent years, the notion of a ‘clash of civilizations’, first put forward by Samuel Huntington (1996), has been widely used to explain the contemporary dynamics of geo-political… More

Political Utilisation of Scholarly Ideas: the ‘Clash of Civilisations’ vs. ‘Soft Power’ in US Foreign Policy

– Erikkson, Johan and Ludvig Norman, "Political Utilisation of Scholarly Ideas: the 'Clash of Civilisations' vs. 'Soft Power' in US Foreign Policy." Review of International Studies 37:1 (Jan. 2011): 417-436.
This article discusses how and under what conditions ideas coming from International Relations (IR) scholarship are used in foreign policy. We argue that the focus on policy relevance,… More

Samuel Huntington’s Legacy

– Fukuyama, Francis. "Samuel Huntington’s Legacy." Foreign Policy, Jan 5, 2011.
Of all of Samuel Huntington’s contributions to the study of politics, the most important was his 1968 work Political Order in Changing Societies. This book was probably the last major… More

Was Huntington Right? Revisiting the Clash of Civilizations

– Ayoob, Mohammed. "Was Huntington Right? Revisiting the Clash of Civilizations." Insight Turkey 14:4 (Fall 2012): 1-12.
This essay is an attempt to revisit Samuel Huntington’s controversial thesis about a clash of civilizations. Though the author has been an early critique of Huntington, he finds… More

The Clash of Civilizations Revisited

– Huntington, Samuel P. The Clash of Civilizations Revisited. New Perspectives Quarterly v. 30, n. 4 (2013): 46-54.
My view is that relations between countries in the coming decades are most likely to reflect their cultural commitments, their cultural ties and antagonism with other countries rather than… More

Essays

Samuel P. Huntington: An Appreciation

– Putnam, Robert. "Samuel P. Huntington: An Appreciation." Political Science and Politics 19:4 (Autumn, 1986): 837-845.
“To survey the life and work of Samuel P. Huntington, the new President of the American Political Science Association, is a challenging task. First, even more than most other leaders… More

If Not Civilizations, What? Paradigms of the Post-Cold War World

– Huntington, Samuel P. "If Not Civilizations, What? Paradigms of the Post-Cold War World." Foreign Affairs v. 72, n. 5 (1993): 186-194.
When people think seriously, they think abstractly; they conjure up simplified pictures of reality called concepts, theories, models, paradigms. Without such intellectual constructs, there… More

If Not Huntington’s “Civilizations,” Then Whose?

– Alker, Hayward. "If Not Huntington's "Civilizations," Then Whose?" Review (Fernand Braudel Center) 18:4 (Fall, 1995): 533-562.
“Samuel P. Huntington defines a civilization in psycho-cultural terms as “the highest cultural grouping of people and the broadest level of [‘intensely’ held]… More

The Clash of Civilizations: The Debate

– Ed. Huntington, Samuel P. The Clash of Civilizations: The Debate.  New York: Foreign Affairs, 1996.
According to Samuel Huntington’s seminal 1993 essay, The Clash of Civilizations, world politics is entering a new phase, in which the great divisions among humankind and the… More

“The “Clash” of Civilizations? Or an Emerging “East Asian Modernity”?

– C.J.W Wee, "The "Clash" of Civilizations? Or an Emerging "East Asian Modernity"? Sojourn: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia 11:2 (October 1996): 211-230.
“This paper examines Samuel Huntington’s influential article, “The Clash of Civilizations?”, particularly his interest in “Confucian” civilizations.… More

The West: Unique, Not Universal

– Huntington, Samuel P. "The West: Unique, Not Universal." Foreign Affairs v. 75, n. 6 (1996): 28.
In recent years Westerners have reassured themselves and irritated others by expounding the notion that the culture of the West is and ought to be the culture of the world. This conceit… More

Democracy for the Long Haul

– Huntington, Samuel P. "Democracy for the Long Haul." Journal of Democracy v. 7, n. 2 (1996): 3-13.
I was last in Taipei in January 1989, participating in a conference on political change in Taiwan co-sponsored by the Institute of International Relations of National Chengchi University… More

Remaking the World by Sandra Buckley

– Buckley, Sandra. "Remaking the World: Reflections on Huntington's Clash of Civilizations." Theory & Event, 2:4 (1998): 1-24.
“I was having a great deal of trouble trying to identify for myself what I wanted to say in this essay and in frustration I took a day off and went to visit the Monterey Aquarium with… More

The Promise of Globalization or the Clash of Civilizations

– Neckerman, Peter. "The Promise of Globalization or the Clash of Civilizations." World and I 13:2 (Dec. 1998): 314.
“If I were asked to give a name to our century, I would not hesitate for a single moment. I would call it the “Century of Globalization,” because this will be its lasting… More

A Clash of Civilizations: An Idée Fixe?

– Senghaas, Deiter. "A Clash of Civilizations: An Idée Fixe?" Journal of Peace Research 35:1 (Jan 1998): 127-132.
Huntington’s thesis on the prospective clash of civilizations is criticized in two directions: neither the original article or the book gives any systematic analysis of the inherent… More

From Modernization Theory Towards the ‘Clash of Civilizations’: Directions and Paradigm Shifts in Samuel Huntington’s Analysis and Prognosis of Global Development

– Kreutzmann, Hermann. "From Modernization Theory Towards the 'Clash of Civilizations': Directions and Paradigm Shifts in Samuel Huntington's Analysis and Prognosis of Global Development." GeoJournal, 46:4 (1998): 255-265.
This paper critically discusses Samuel Huntington’s contribution to development studies. Long before his currently debated work on the clash of civilizations, Huntington wrote on the… More

Clash of Civilizations, or Realism and Liberalism Déjà Vu? Some Evidence

– Russett, Bruce and John Oneal and Michaelene Cox. "Clash of Civilizations, or Realism and Liberalism Déjà Vu? Some Evidence." Journal of Peace Research 37:5 (Sep. 2000): 583-608.
We assess the degree to which propositions from Samuel Huntington’s The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order can account for the incidence of militarized interstate… More

Dialogue Among Civilizations: Possibilities after Huntington

– Healey, Stephen. "Dialogue Among Civilizations: Possibilities after Huntington." International Journal on World Peace. 18:1 (Mar. 2001): 7-14.
“Samuel Huntington’s 1993 Foreign Affairs article “The Clash of Civilizations?” was greeted with a hailstorm of protest, but many also felt that Huntington had grasped something… More

Clear and Present Strangers: The Clash of Civilizations and International Conflict

– Henderson, Erroll and Richard Tucker. "Clear and Present Strangers: The Clash of Civilizations and International Conflict." International Studies Quarterly 45:2 (Jun. 2001): 317-338.
“Huntington’s (1993a, 1993b, 1996) clash of civilizations thesis suggests that states belonging to different civilizations are more likely to become involved in conflict with… More

Two Civilizations and Ethnic Conflict: Islam and the West

– Fox, Jonathan. "Two Civilizations and Ethnic Conflict: Islam and the West." Journal of Peace Research 38:4 (Jul. 2001): 459-472.
Samuel Huntington’s controversial ‘Clash of Civilizations’ argument posits, among other things, that the extent of both international and domestic conflict between… More

Looking the World in the Eye by Robert D. Kaplan

– Kaplan, Robert. "Looking the World in the Eye." The Atlantic 288:5 (Dec. 2001): 68-82.
Excerpt: The most memorable review that Samuel Phillips Huntington, the Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor at Harvard, ever got was a bad one. “Imagine,” Huntington… More

Islam and the West

– Bilgrami, Akeel. "Islam and the West." Philosophy & Social Criticism 38:5 (2002): 477-483.
This short essay analyzes the deception and self-deception in talk of ‘the clash of civilizations’ and proceeds to diagnose what is wrong in the standard understanding of Islam in the… More

If Not a Clash, Then What? Huntington, Nishida Kitaro and the Politics of Civilizations

– Jones, Christopher. "If Not a Clash, Then What? Huntington, Nishida Kitaro and the Politics of Civilizations." International Relations of the Asia Pacific 2.2 (Aug 1, 2002): 223-243.
The debate surrounding Samuel Huntington’s influential Clash of Civilizations thesis has been focused too narrowly on the accuracy of his categorization of civilizations. This focus… More

The ‘Clash of Civilizations’ and Postcommunist Europe

– Miller, Bill. "The 'Clash of Civilizations' and Postcommunist Europe." Comparative European Politics 1:2 (2003): 111-127.
Samuel Huntington’s ‘clash of civilizations’ thesis has been widely disputed, but rarely challenged on the basis of individual-level data. Focusing on two postcommunist societies… More

Samuel Huntington and the Geopolitics of American Identity: The Function of Foreign Policy in America’s Domestic Clash of Civilizations

– El-Din, Aysha. "Samuel Huntington and the Geopolitics of American Identity: The Function of Foreign Policy in America's Domestic Clash of Civilizations." International Studies Review, 5:1 (2003): 53-76.
The clash of civilizations thesis’s true origins lie partly in problems Samuel Huntington sees brewing in his own country. His thesis is to a considerable extent an externalization of… More

Huntington’s Shift to the Declinist Camp: Conservative Declinism and the ‘Historical Function’ of the Clash of Civilizations

– El-Din, Aysha. "Huntington’s Shift to the Declinist Camp: Conservative Declinism and the ‘Historical Function’ of the Clash of Civilizations." International Relations 17:4 (2003): 429-452.
Samuel Huntington, a severe critic of decline theory and an adamant revivalist, shifted radically to the declinist camp with the end of the Cold War, his penultimate declinist vision being… More

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… More

The US Media, Huntington and September 11

– Abrahamian, Ervand. "The US Media, Huntington and September 11." Third World Quarterly, 24:3 (Jun. 2003): 529-544.
The mainstream quality media in the USA—unlike that of Europe— framed September 11 within the context of Islam, culture and civilisations. In other words, it explained the crisis by… More

Osama bin Laden Has Given Common Identity Back to the West

– Huntington, Samuel P. "Osama bin Laden Has Given Common Identity Back to the West." New Perspectives Quarterly v. 19, n. 1 (2003): 5-8.
Osama bin Laden has declared war on Western civilization, and in particular the United States. If the Muslim community to which Bin Laden is appealing rallies to him, then it will become a… More

Huntington or Halliburton? The Real Clash of Civilizations in American Life

– James, Christine. "Huntington or Halliburton? The Real Clash of Civilizations in American Life." Journal for the Study of Religion and Ideologies 3:8 (2004): 43-54.
A wide variety of sources, including the Huntington literature and popular mass media, show that Huntington’s “clash of civilizations” idea actually has very little value in… More

The News Media and the “Clash of Civilizations”

– Seib, Philip. "The News Media and the 'Clash of Civilizations.'" Parameters 34:4 (Winter 2004): 71-86.
The “call to jihad is rising in the streets of Europe, and is being answered,” reported The New York Times in April 2004. The Times story quoted a Muslim cleric in Britain touting the… More

Culture, Civilization, or Economy? Test of the Clash of Civilizations Thesis

– Imai, Kunhiko. "Culture, Civilization, or Economy? Test of the Clash of Civilizations Thesis." International Journal on World Peace, Vol. 23:3 (Sept. 2006): 3-33
Many scholars posit that globalization of national economies has weakened states’ control over their societies among developing countries, thus contributing to their democratization.… More

Political Islam, Clash of Civilizations, U.S. Dominance and Arab Support of Attacks on America: A Test of a Hierarchical Model

– Mostafa Mohammed and Mohanedt Al-Hamdi, "Political Islam, Clash of Civilizations, U.S. Dominance and Arab Support of Attacks on America: A Test of a Hierarchical Model." Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, 30:8 (2007): 723-736.
This study examines two theses used to explain Arab support of the 11 September attacks on the United States: clash of civilizations and anti-dominance reaction to perceived American… More

A Scholar and a Gentleman

– Desch, Michael. "A Scholar and a Gentleman," American Conservative 8:2 (Jan. 26, 2009): 25-26.
Samuel Huntington died on Christmas Eve at age 81 after a long and slow decline. We have lost not only an astute public intellectual but a fine man. Fortunately, he left a rich legacy:… More

A Scholar and a Gentleman by Eliot Cohen

– Eliot Cohen, "A Scholar and a Gentleman," Weekly Standard, January 19, 2009.
Excerpt: As the obituary notices will tell you, Samuel Huntington was a controversial figure. They lead, normally, with a reference to “Clash of Civilizations?” his 1993 Foreign… More

“A Zone of Deep Shadow”: Pedagogical and Familial Reflections on “The Clash of Civilizations”

– Jardine, David, Rahat Naqvi and Eric Jardine. ""A Zone of Deep Shadow": Pedagogical and Familial Reflections on "The Clash of Civilizations"." Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education, Vol. 41:3 (2010): 209-232.
This paper examines the media coverage of the murder of a young Muslim girl in Mississauga, Ontario in December 2007. We examine how that coverage moved from concerns for a terrible family… More

Beyond the Social Imaginary of “Clash of Civilizations”?

– Rizvi, Fazal. "Beyond the Social Imaginary of "Clash of Civilizations"?" Educational Philosophy and Theory, 43:3 (2011) pp. 225-235.
In recent years, the notion of a ‘clash of civilizations’, first put forward by Samuel Huntington (1996), has been widely used to explain the contemporary dynamics of geo-political… More

Political Utilisation of Scholarly Ideas: the ‘Clash of Civilisations’ vs. ‘Soft Power’ in US Foreign Policy

– Erikkson, Johan and Ludvig Norman, "Political Utilisation of Scholarly Ideas: the 'Clash of Civilisations' vs. 'Soft Power' in US Foreign Policy." Review of International Studies 37:1 (Jan. 2011): 417-436.
This article discusses how and under what conditions ideas coming from International Relations (IR) scholarship are used in foreign policy. We argue that the focus on policy relevance,… More

Samuel Huntington’s Legacy

– Fukuyama, Francis. "Samuel Huntington’s Legacy." Foreign Policy, Jan 5, 2011.
Of all of Samuel Huntington’s contributions to the study of politics, the most important was his 1968 work Political Order in Changing Societies. This book was probably the last major… More

Was Huntington Right? Revisiting the Clash of Civilizations

– Ayoob, Mohammed. "Was Huntington Right? Revisiting the Clash of Civilizations." Insight Turkey 14:4 (Fall 2012): 1-12.
This essay is an attempt to revisit Samuel Huntington’s controversial thesis about a clash of civilizations. Though the author has been an early critique of Huntington, he finds… More

The Clash of Civilizations Revisited

– Huntington, Samuel P. The Clash of Civilizations Revisited. New Perspectives Quarterly v. 30, n. 4 (2013): 46-54.
My view is that relations between countries in the coming decades are most likely to reflect their cultural commitments, their cultural ties and antagonism with other countries rather than… More

Commentary

Samuel P. Huntington: An Appreciation

– Putnam, Robert. "Samuel P. Huntington: An Appreciation." Political Science and Politics 19:4 (Autumn, 1986): 837-845.
“To survey the life and work of Samuel P. Huntington, the new President of the American Political Science Association, is a challenging task. First, even more than most other leaders… More

If Not Civilizations, What? Paradigms of the Post-Cold War World

– Huntington, Samuel P. "If Not Civilizations, What? Paradigms of the Post-Cold War World." Foreign Affairs v. 72, n. 5 (1993): 186-194.
When people think seriously, they think abstractly; they conjure up simplified pictures of reality called concepts, theories, models, paradigms. Without such intellectual constructs, there… More

If Not Huntington’s “Civilizations,” Then Whose?

– Alker, Hayward. "If Not Huntington's "Civilizations," Then Whose?" Review (Fernand Braudel Center) 18:4 (Fall, 1995): 533-562.
“Samuel P. Huntington defines a civilization in psycho-cultural terms as “the highest cultural grouping of people and the broadest level of [‘intensely’ held]… More

The Clash of Civilizations: The Debate

– Ed. Huntington, Samuel P. The Clash of Civilizations: The Debate.  New York: Foreign Affairs, 1996.
According to Samuel Huntington’s seminal 1993 essay, The Clash of Civilizations, world politics is entering a new phase, in which the great divisions among humankind and the… More

“The “Clash” of Civilizations? Or an Emerging “East Asian Modernity”?

– C.J.W Wee, "The "Clash" of Civilizations? Or an Emerging "East Asian Modernity"? Sojourn: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia 11:2 (October 1996): 211-230.
“This paper examines Samuel Huntington’s influential article, “The Clash of Civilizations?”, particularly his interest in “Confucian” civilizations.… More

The West: Unique, Not Universal

– Huntington, Samuel P. "The West: Unique, Not Universal." Foreign Affairs v. 75, n. 6 (1996): 28.
In recent years Westerners have reassured themselves and irritated others by expounding the notion that the culture of the West is and ought to be the culture of the world. This conceit… More

Democracy for the Long Haul

– Huntington, Samuel P. "Democracy for the Long Haul." Journal of Democracy v. 7, n. 2 (1996): 3-13.
I was last in Taipei in January 1989, participating in a conference on political change in Taiwan co-sponsored by the Institute of International Relations of National Chengchi University… More

Remaking the World by Sandra Buckley

– Buckley, Sandra. "Remaking the World: Reflections on Huntington's Clash of Civilizations." Theory & Event, 2:4 (1998): 1-24.
“I was having a great deal of trouble trying to identify for myself what I wanted to say in this essay and in frustration I took a day off and went to visit the Monterey Aquarium with… More

The Promise of Globalization or the Clash of Civilizations

– Neckerman, Peter. "The Promise of Globalization or the Clash of Civilizations." World and I 13:2 (Dec. 1998): 314.
“If I were asked to give a name to our century, I would not hesitate for a single moment. I would call it the “Century of Globalization,” because this will be its lasting… More

A Clash of Civilizations: An Idée Fixe?

– Senghaas, Deiter. "A Clash of Civilizations: An Idée Fixe?" Journal of Peace Research 35:1 (Jan 1998): 127-132.
Huntington’s thesis on the prospective clash of civilizations is criticized in two directions: neither the original article or the book gives any systematic analysis of the inherent… More

From Modernization Theory Towards the ‘Clash of Civilizations’: Directions and Paradigm Shifts in Samuel Huntington’s Analysis and Prognosis of Global Development

– Kreutzmann, Hermann. "From Modernization Theory Towards the 'Clash of Civilizations': Directions and Paradigm Shifts in Samuel Huntington's Analysis and Prognosis of Global Development." GeoJournal, 46:4 (1998): 255-265.
This paper critically discusses Samuel Huntington’s contribution to development studies. Long before his currently debated work on the clash of civilizations, Huntington wrote on the… More

Clash of Civilizations, or Realism and Liberalism Déjà Vu? Some Evidence

– Russett, Bruce and John Oneal and Michaelene Cox. "Clash of Civilizations, or Realism and Liberalism Déjà Vu? Some Evidence." Journal of Peace Research 37:5 (Sep. 2000): 583-608.
We assess the degree to which propositions from Samuel Huntington’s The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order can account for the incidence of militarized interstate… More

Dialogue Among Civilizations: Possibilities after Huntington

– Healey, Stephen. "Dialogue Among Civilizations: Possibilities after Huntington." International Journal on World Peace. 18:1 (Mar. 2001): 7-14.
“Samuel Huntington’s 1993 Foreign Affairs article “The Clash of Civilizations?” was greeted with a hailstorm of protest, but many also felt that Huntington had grasped something… More

Clear and Present Strangers: The Clash of Civilizations and International Conflict

– Henderson, Erroll and Richard Tucker. "Clear and Present Strangers: The Clash of Civilizations and International Conflict." International Studies Quarterly 45:2 (Jun. 2001): 317-338.
“Huntington’s (1993a, 1993b, 1996) clash of civilizations thesis suggests that states belonging to different civilizations are more likely to become involved in conflict with… More

Two Civilizations and Ethnic Conflict: Islam and the West

– Fox, Jonathan. "Two Civilizations and Ethnic Conflict: Islam and the West." Journal of Peace Research 38:4 (Jul. 2001): 459-472.
Samuel Huntington’s controversial ‘Clash of Civilizations’ argument posits, among other things, that the extent of both international and domestic conflict between… More

Looking the World in the Eye by Robert D. Kaplan

– Kaplan, Robert. "Looking the World in the Eye." The Atlantic 288:5 (Dec. 2001): 68-82.
Excerpt: The most memorable review that Samuel Phillips Huntington, the Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor at Harvard, ever got was a bad one. “Imagine,” Huntington… More

Islam and the West

– Bilgrami, Akeel. "Islam and the West." Philosophy & Social Criticism 38:5 (2002): 477-483.
This short essay analyzes the deception and self-deception in talk of ‘the clash of civilizations’ and proceeds to diagnose what is wrong in the standard understanding of Islam in the… More

If Not a Clash, Then What? Huntington, Nishida Kitaro and the Politics of Civilizations

– Jones, Christopher. "If Not a Clash, Then What? Huntington, Nishida Kitaro and the Politics of Civilizations." International Relations of the Asia Pacific 2.2 (Aug 1, 2002): 223-243.
The debate surrounding Samuel Huntington’s influential Clash of Civilizations thesis has been focused too narrowly on the accuracy of his categorization of civilizations. This focus… More

The ‘Clash of Civilizations’ and Postcommunist Europe

– Miller, Bill. "The 'Clash of Civilizations' and Postcommunist Europe." Comparative European Politics 1:2 (2003): 111-127.
Samuel Huntington’s ‘clash of civilizations’ thesis has been widely disputed, but rarely challenged on the basis of individual-level data. Focusing on two postcommunist societies… More

Samuel Huntington and the Geopolitics of American Identity: The Function of Foreign Policy in America’s Domestic Clash of Civilizations

– El-Din, Aysha. "Samuel Huntington and the Geopolitics of American Identity: The Function of Foreign Policy in America's Domestic Clash of Civilizations." International Studies Review, 5:1 (2003): 53-76.
The clash of civilizations thesis’s true origins lie partly in problems Samuel Huntington sees brewing in his own country. His thesis is to a considerable extent an externalization of… More

Huntington’s Shift to the Declinist Camp: Conservative Declinism and the ‘Historical Function’ of the Clash of Civilizations

– El-Din, Aysha. "Huntington’s Shift to the Declinist Camp: Conservative Declinism and the ‘Historical Function’ of the Clash of Civilizations." International Relations 17:4 (2003): 429-452.
Samuel Huntington, a severe critic of decline theory and an adamant revivalist, shifted radically to the declinist camp with the end of the Cold War, his penultimate declinist vision being… More

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… More

The US Media, Huntington and September 11

– Abrahamian, Ervand. "The US Media, Huntington and September 11." Third World Quarterly, 24:3 (Jun. 2003): 529-544.
The mainstream quality media in the USA—unlike that of Europe— framed September 11 within the context of Islam, culture and civilisations. In other words, it explained the crisis by… More

Osama bin Laden Has Given Common Identity Back to the West

– Huntington, Samuel P. "Osama bin Laden Has Given Common Identity Back to the West." New Perspectives Quarterly v. 19, n. 1 (2003): 5-8.
Osama bin Laden has declared war on Western civilization, and in particular the United States. If the Muslim community to which Bin Laden is appealing rallies to him, then it will become a… More

Huntington or Halliburton? The Real Clash of Civilizations in American Life

– James, Christine. "Huntington or Halliburton? The Real Clash of Civilizations in American Life." Journal for the Study of Religion and Ideologies 3:8 (2004): 43-54.
A wide variety of sources, including the Huntington literature and popular mass media, show that Huntington’s “clash of civilizations” idea actually has very little value in… More

The News Media and the “Clash of Civilizations”

– Seib, Philip. "The News Media and the 'Clash of Civilizations.'" Parameters 34:4 (Winter 2004): 71-86.
The “call to jihad is rising in the streets of Europe, and is being answered,” reported The New York Times in April 2004. The Times story quoted a Muslim cleric in Britain touting the… More

Culture, Civilization, or Economy? Test of the Clash of Civilizations Thesis

– Imai, Kunhiko. "Culture, Civilization, or Economy? Test of the Clash of Civilizations Thesis." International Journal on World Peace, Vol. 23:3 (Sept. 2006): 3-33
Many scholars posit that globalization of national economies has weakened states’ control over their societies among developing countries, thus contributing to their democratization.… More

Political Islam, Clash of Civilizations, U.S. Dominance and Arab Support of Attacks on America: A Test of a Hierarchical Model

– Mostafa Mohammed and Mohanedt Al-Hamdi, "Political Islam, Clash of Civilizations, U.S. Dominance and Arab Support of Attacks on America: A Test of a Hierarchical Model." Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, 30:8 (2007): 723-736.
This study examines two theses used to explain Arab support of the 11 September attacks on the United States: clash of civilizations and anti-dominance reaction to perceived American… More

A Scholar and a Gentleman

– Desch, Michael. "A Scholar and a Gentleman," American Conservative 8:2 (Jan. 26, 2009): 25-26.
Samuel Huntington died on Christmas Eve at age 81 after a long and slow decline. We have lost not only an astute public intellectual but a fine man. Fortunately, he left a rich legacy:… More

A Scholar and a Gentleman by Eliot Cohen

– Eliot Cohen, "A Scholar and a Gentleman," Weekly Standard, January 19, 2009.
Excerpt: As the obituary notices will tell you, Samuel Huntington was a controversial figure. They lead, normally, with a reference to “Clash of Civilizations?” his 1993 Foreign… More

“A Zone of Deep Shadow”: Pedagogical and Familial Reflections on “The Clash of Civilizations”

– Jardine, David, Rahat Naqvi and Eric Jardine. ""A Zone of Deep Shadow": Pedagogical and Familial Reflections on "The Clash of Civilizations"." Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education, Vol. 41:3 (2010): 209-232.
This paper examines the media coverage of the murder of a young Muslim girl in Mississauga, Ontario in December 2007. We examine how that coverage moved from concerns for a terrible family… More

Beyond the Social Imaginary of “Clash of Civilizations”?

– Rizvi, Fazal. "Beyond the Social Imaginary of "Clash of Civilizations"?" Educational Philosophy and Theory, 43:3 (2011) pp. 225-235.
In recent years, the notion of a ‘clash of civilizations’, first put forward by Samuel Huntington (1996), has been widely used to explain the contemporary dynamics of geo-political… More

Political Utilisation of Scholarly Ideas: the ‘Clash of Civilisations’ vs. ‘Soft Power’ in US Foreign Policy

– Erikkson, Johan and Ludvig Norman, "Political Utilisation of Scholarly Ideas: the 'Clash of Civilisations' vs. 'Soft Power' in US Foreign Policy." Review of International Studies 37:1 (Jan. 2011): 417-436.
This article discusses how and under what conditions ideas coming from International Relations (IR) scholarship are used in foreign policy. We argue that the focus on policy relevance,… More

Samuel Huntington’s Legacy

– Fukuyama, Francis. "Samuel Huntington’s Legacy." Foreign Policy, Jan 5, 2011.
Of all of Samuel Huntington’s contributions to the study of politics, the most important was his 1968 work Political Order in Changing Societies. This book was probably the last major… More

Was Huntington Right? Revisiting the Clash of Civilizations

– Ayoob, Mohammed. "Was Huntington Right? Revisiting the Clash of Civilizations." Insight Turkey 14:4 (Fall 2012): 1-12.
This essay is an attempt to revisit Samuel Huntington’s controversial thesis about a clash of civilizations. Though the author has been an early critique of Huntington, he finds… More

The Clash of Civilizations Revisited

– Huntington, Samuel P. The Clash of Civilizations Revisited. New Perspectives Quarterly v. 30, n. 4 (2013): 46-54.
My view is that relations between countries in the coming decades are most likely to reflect their cultural commitments, their cultural ties and antagonism with other countries rather than… More

Multimedia

Samuel P. Huntington: An Appreciation

– Putnam, Robert. "Samuel P. Huntington: An Appreciation." Political Science and Politics 19:4 (Autumn, 1986): 837-845.
“To survey the life and work of Samuel P. Huntington, the new President of the American Political Science Association, is a challenging task. First, even more than most other leaders… More

If Not Civilizations, What? Paradigms of the Post-Cold War World

– Huntington, Samuel P. "If Not Civilizations, What? Paradigms of the Post-Cold War World." Foreign Affairs v. 72, n. 5 (1993): 186-194.
When people think seriously, they think abstractly; they conjure up simplified pictures of reality called concepts, theories, models, paradigms. Without such intellectual constructs, there… More

If Not Huntington’s “Civilizations,” Then Whose?

– Alker, Hayward. "If Not Huntington's "Civilizations," Then Whose?" Review (Fernand Braudel Center) 18:4 (Fall, 1995): 533-562.
“Samuel P. Huntington defines a civilization in psycho-cultural terms as “the highest cultural grouping of people and the broadest level of [‘intensely’ held]… More

The Clash of Civilizations: The Debate

– Ed. Huntington, Samuel P. The Clash of Civilizations: The Debate.  New York: Foreign Affairs, 1996.
According to Samuel Huntington’s seminal 1993 essay, The Clash of Civilizations, world politics is entering a new phase, in which the great divisions among humankind and the… More

“The “Clash” of Civilizations? Or an Emerging “East Asian Modernity”?

– C.J.W Wee, "The "Clash" of Civilizations? Or an Emerging "East Asian Modernity"? Sojourn: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia 11:2 (October 1996): 211-230.
“This paper examines Samuel Huntington’s influential article, “The Clash of Civilizations?”, particularly his interest in “Confucian” civilizations.… More

The West: Unique, Not Universal

– Huntington, Samuel P. "The West: Unique, Not Universal." Foreign Affairs v. 75, n. 6 (1996): 28.
In recent years Westerners have reassured themselves and irritated others by expounding the notion that the culture of the West is and ought to be the culture of the world. This conceit… More

Democracy for the Long Haul

– Huntington, Samuel P. "Democracy for the Long Haul." Journal of Democracy v. 7, n. 2 (1996): 3-13.
I was last in Taipei in January 1989, participating in a conference on political change in Taiwan co-sponsored by the Institute of International Relations of National Chengchi University… More

Remaking the World by Sandra Buckley

– Buckley, Sandra. "Remaking the World: Reflections on Huntington's Clash of Civilizations." Theory & Event, 2:4 (1998): 1-24.
“I was having a great deal of trouble trying to identify for myself what I wanted to say in this essay and in frustration I took a day off and went to visit the Monterey Aquarium with… More

The Promise of Globalization or the Clash of Civilizations

– Neckerman, Peter. "The Promise of Globalization or the Clash of Civilizations." World and I 13:2 (Dec. 1998): 314.
“If I were asked to give a name to our century, I would not hesitate for a single moment. I would call it the “Century of Globalization,” because this will be its lasting… More

A Clash of Civilizations: An Idée Fixe?

– Senghaas, Deiter. "A Clash of Civilizations: An Idée Fixe?" Journal of Peace Research 35:1 (Jan 1998): 127-132.
Huntington’s thesis on the prospective clash of civilizations is criticized in two directions: neither the original article or the book gives any systematic analysis of the inherent… More

From Modernization Theory Towards the ‘Clash of Civilizations’: Directions and Paradigm Shifts in Samuel Huntington’s Analysis and Prognosis of Global Development

– Kreutzmann, Hermann. "From Modernization Theory Towards the 'Clash of Civilizations': Directions and Paradigm Shifts in Samuel Huntington's Analysis and Prognosis of Global Development." GeoJournal, 46:4 (1998): 255-265.
This paper critically discusses Samuel Huntington’s contribution to development studies. Long before his currently debated work on the clash of civilizations, Huntington wrote on the… More

Clash of Civilizations, or Realism and Liberalism Déjà Vu? Some Evidence

– Russett, Bruce and John Oneal and Michaelene Cox. "Clash of Civilizations, or Realism and Liberalism Déjà Vu? Some Evidence." Journal of Peace Research 37:5 (Sep. 2000): 583-608.
We assess the degree to which propositions from Samuel Huntington’s The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order can account for the incidence of militarized interstate… More

Dialogue Among Civilizations: Possibilities after Huntington

– Healey, Stephen. "Dialogue Among Civilizations: Possibilities after Huntington." International Journal on World Peace. 18:1 (Mar. 2001): 7-14.
“Samuel Huntington’s 1993 Foreign Affairs article “The Clash of Civilizations?” was greeted with a hailstorm of protest, but many also felt that Huntington had grasped something… More

Clear and Present Strangers: The Clash of Civilizations and International Conflict

– Henderson, Erroll and Richard Tucker. "Clear and Present Strangers: The Clash of Civilizations and International Conflict." International Studies Quarterly 45:2 (Jun. 2001): 317-338.
“Huntington’s (1993a, 1993b, 1996) clash of civilizations thesis suggests that states belonging to different civilizations are more likely to become involved in conflict with… More

Two Civilizations and Ethnic Conflict: Islam and the West

– Fox, Jonathan. "Two Civilizations and Ethnic Conflict: Islam and the West." Journal of Peace Research 38:4 (Jul. 2001): 459-472.
Samuel Huntington’s controversial ‘Clash of Civilizations’ argument posits, among other things, that the extent of both international and domestic conflict between… More

Looking the World in the Eye by Robert D. Kaplan

– Kaplan, Robert. "Looking the World in the Eye." The Atlantic 288:5 (Dec. 2001): 68-82.
Excerpt: The most memorable review that Samuel Phillips Huntington, the Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor at Harvard, ever got was a bad one. “Imagine,” Huntington… More

Islam and the West

– Bilgrami, Akeel. "Islam and the West." Philosophy & Social Criticism 38:5 (2002): 477-483.
This short essay analyzes the deception and self-deception in talk of ‘the clash of civilizations’ and proceeds to diagnose what is wrong in the standard understanding of Islam in the… More

If Not a Clash, Then What? Huntington, Nishida Kitaro and the Politics of Civilizations

– Jones, Christopher. "If Not a Clash, Then What? Huntington, Nishida Kitaro and the Politics of Civilizations." International Relations of the Asia Pacific 2.2 (Aug 1, 2002): 223-243.
The debate surrounding Samuel Huntington’s influential Clash of Civilizations thesis has been focused too narrowly on the accuracy of his categorization of civilizations. This focus… More

The ‘Clash of Civilizations’ and Postcommunist Europe

– Miller, Bill. "The 'Clash of Civilizations' and Postcommunist Europe." Comparative European Politics 1:2 (2003): 111-127.
Samuel Huntington’s ‘clash of civilizations’ thesis has been widely disputed, but rarely challenged on the basis of individual-level data. Focusing on two postcommunist societies… More

Samuel Huntington and the Geopolitics of American Identity: The Function of Foreign Policy in America’s Domestic Clash of Civilizations

– El-Din, Aysha. "Samuel Huntington and the Geopolitics of American Identity: The Function of Foreign Policy in America's Domestic Clash of Civilizations." International Studies Review, 5:1 (2003): 53-76.
The clash of civilizations thesis’s true origins lie partly in problems Samuel Huntington sees brewing in his own country. His thesis is to a considerable extent an externalization of… More

Huntington’s Shift to the Declinist Camp: Conservative Declinism and the ‘Historical Function’ of the Clash of Civilizations

– El-Din, Aysha. "Huntington’s Shift to the Declinist Camp: Conservative Declinism and the ‘Historical Function’ of the Clash of Civilizations." International Relations 17:4 (2003): 429-452.
Samuel Huntington, a severe critic of decline theory and an adamant revivalist, shifted radically to the declinist camp with the end of the Cold War, his penultimate declinist vision being… More

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… More

The US Media, Huntington and September 11

– Abrahamian, Ervand. "The US Media, Huntington and September 11." Third World Quarterly, 24:3 (Jun. 2003): 529-544.
The mainstream quality media in the USA—unlike that of Europe— framed September 11 within the context of Islam, culture and civilisations. In other words, it explained the crisis by… More

Osama bin Laden Has Given Common Identity Back to the West

– Huntington, Samuel P. "Osama bin Laden Has Given Common Identity Back to the West." New Perspectives Quarterly v. 19, n. 1 (2003): 5-8.
Osama bin Laden has declared war on Western civilization, and in particular the United States. If the Muslim community to which Bin Laden is appealing rallies to him, then it will become a… More

Huntington or Halliburton? The Real Clash of Civilizations in American Life

– James, Christine. "Huntington or Halliburton? The Real Clash of Civilizations in American Life." Journal for the Study of Religion and Ideologies 3:8 (2004): 43-54.
A wide variety of sources, including the Huntington literature and popular mass media, show that Huntington’s “clash of civilizations” idea actually has very little value in… More

The News Media and the “Clash of Civilizations”

– Seib, Philip. "The News Media and the 'Clash of Civilizations.'" Parameters 34:4 (Winter 2004): 71-86.
The “call to jihad is rising in the streets of Europe, and is being answered,” reported The New York Times in April 2004. The Times story quoted a Muslim cleric in Britain touting the… More

Culture, Civilization, or Economy? Test of the Clash of Civilizations Thesis

– Imai, Kunhiko. "Culture, Civilization, or Economy? Test of the Clash of Civilizations Thesis." International Journal on World Peace, Vol. 23:3 (Sept. 2006): 3-33
Many scholars posit that globalization of national economies has weakened states’ control over their societies among developing countries, thus contributing to their democratization.… More

Political Islam, Clash of Civilizations, U.S. Dominance and Arab Support of Attacks on America: A Test of a Hierarchical Model

– Mostafa Mohammed and Mohanedt Al-Hamdi, "Political Islam, Clash of Civilizations, U.S. Dominance and Arab Support of Attacks on America: A Test of a Hierarchical Model." Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, 30:8 (2007): 723-736.
This study examines two theses used to explain Arab support of the 11 September attacks on the United States: clash of civilizations and anti-dominance reaction to perceived American… More

A Scholar and a Gentleman

– Desch, Michael. "A Scholar and a Gentleman," American Conservative 8:2 (Jan. 26, 2009): 25-26.
Samuel Huntington died on Christmas Eve at age 81 after a long and slow decline. We have lost not only an astute public intellectual but a fine man. Fortunately, he left a rich legacy:… More

A Scholar and a Gentleman by Eliot Cohen

– Eliot Cohen, "A Scholar and a Gentleman," Weekly Standard, January 19, 2009.
Excerpt: As the obituary notices will tell you, Samuel Huntington was a controversial figure. They lead, normally, with a reference to “Clash of Civilizations?” his 1993 Foreign… More

“A Zone of Deep Shadow”: Pedagogical and Familial Reflections on “The Clash of Civilizations”

– Jardine, David, Rahat Naqvi and Eric Jardine. ""A Zone of Deep Shadow": Pedagogical and Familial Reflections on "The Clash of Civilizations"." Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education, Vol. 41:3 (2010): 209-232.
This paper examines the media coverage of the murder of a young Muslim girl in Mississauga, Ontario in December 2007. We examine how that coverage moved from concerns for a terrible family… More

Beyond the Social Imaginary of “Clash of Civilizations”?

– Rizvi, Fazal. "Beyond the Social Imaginary of "Clash of Civilizations"?" Educational Philosophy and Theory, 43:3 (2011) pp. 225-235.
In recent years, the notion of a ‘clash of civilizations’, first put forward by Samuel Huntington (1996), has been widely used to explain the contemporary dynamics of geo-political… More

Political Utilisation of Scholarly Ideas: the ‘Clash of Civilisations’ vs. ‘Soft Power’ in US Foreign Policy

– Erikkson, Johan and Ludvig Norman, "Political Utilisation of Scholarly Ideas: the 'Clash of Civilisations' vs. 'Soft Power' in US Foreign Policy." Review of International Studies 37:1 (Jan. 2011): 417-436.
This article discusses how and under what conditions ideas coming from International Relations (IR) scholarship are used in foreign policy. We argue that the focus on policy relevance,… More

Samuel Huntington’s Legacy

– Fukuyama, Francis. "Samuel Huntington’s Legacy." Foreign Policy, Jan 5, 2011.
Of all of Samuel Huntington’s contributions to the study of politics, the most important was his 1968 work Political Order in Changing Societies. This book was probably the last major… More

Was Huntington Right? Revisiting the Clash of Civilizations

– Ayoob, Mohammed. "Was Huntington Right? Revisiting the Clash of Civilizations." Insight Turkey 14:4 (Fall 2012): 1-12.
This essay is an attempt to revisit Samuel Huntington’s controversial thesis about a clash of civilizations. Though the author has been an early critique of Huntington, he finds… More

The Clash of Civilizations Revisited

– Huntington, Samuel P. The Clash of Civilizations Revisited. New Perspectives Quarterly v. 30, n. 4 (2013): 46-54.
My view is that relations between countries in the coming decades are most likely to reflect their cultural commitments, their cultural ties and antagonism with other countries rather than… More

Teaching

Samuel P. Huntington: An Appreciation

– Putnam, Robert. "Samuel P. Huntington: An Appreciation." Political Science and Politics 19:4 (Autumn, 1986): 837-845.
“To survey the life and work of Samuel P. Huntington, the new President of the American Political Science Association, is a challenging task. First, even more than most other leaders… More

If Not Civilizations, What? Paradigms of the Post-Cold War World

– Huntington, Samuel P. "If Not Civilizations, What? Paradigms of the Post-Cold War World." Foreign Affairs v. 72, n. 5 (1993): 186-194.
When people think seriously, they think abstractly; they conjure up simplified pictures of reality called concepts, theories, models, paradigms. Without such intellectual constructs, there… More

If Not Huntington’s “Civilizations,” Then Whose?

– Alker, Hayward. "If Not Huntington's "Civilizations," Then Whose?" Review (Fernand Braudel Center) 18:4 (Fall, 1995): 533-562.
“Samuel P. Huntington defines a civilization in psycho-cultural terms as “the highest cultural grouping of people and the broadest level of [‘intensely’ held]… More

The Clash of Civilizations: The Debate

– Ed. Huntington, Samuel P. The Clash of Civilizations: The Debate.  New York: Foreign Affairs, 1996.
According to Samuel Huntington’s seminal 1993 essay, The Clash of Civilizations, world politics is entering a new phase, in which the great divisions among humankind and the… More

“The “Clash” of Civilizations? Or an Emerging “East Asian Modernity”?

– C.J.W Wee, "The "Clash" of Civilizations? Or an Emerging "East Asian Modernity"? Sojourn: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia 11:2 (October 1996): 211-230.
“This paper examines Samuel Huntington’s influential article, “The Clash of Civilizations?”, particularly his interest in “Confucian” civilizations.… More

The West: Unique, Not Universal

– Huntington, Samuel P. "The West: Unique, Not Universal." Foreign Affairs v. 75, n. 6 (1996): 28.
In recent years Westerners have reassured themselves and irritated others by expounding the notion that the culture of the West is and ought to be the culture of the world. This conceit… More

Democracy for the Long Haul

– Huntington, Samuel P. "Democracy for the Long Haul." Journal of Democracy v. 7, n. 2 (1996): 3-13.
I was last in Taipei in January 1989, participating in a conference on political change in Taiwan co-sponsored by the Institute of International Relations of National Chengchi University… More

Remaking the World by Sandra Buckley

– Buckley, Sandra. "Remaking the World: Reflections on Huntington's Clash of Civilizations." Theory & Event, 2:4 (1998): 1-24.
“I was having a great deal of trouble trying to identify for myself what I wanted to say in this essay and in frustration I took a day off and went to visit the Monterey Aquarium with… More

The Promise of Globalization or the Clash of Civilizations

– Neckerman, Peter. "The Promise of Globalization or the Clash of Civilizations." World and I 13:2 (Dec. 1998): 314.
“If I were asked to give a name to our century, I would not hesitate for a single moment. I would call it the “Century of Globalization,” because this will be its lasting… More

A Clash of Civilizations: An Idée Fixe?

– Senghaas, Deiter. "A Clash of Civilizations: An Idée Fixe?" Journal of Peace Research 35:1 (Jan 1998): 127-132.
Huntington’s thesis on the prospective clash of civilizations is criticized in two directions: neither the original article or the book gives any systematic analysis of the inherent… More

From Modernization Theory Towards the ‘Clash of Civilizations’: Directions and Paradigm Shifts in Samuel Huntington’s Analysis and Prognosis of Global Development

– Kreutzmann, Hermann. "From Modernization Theory Towards the 'Clash of Civilizations': Directions and Paradigm Shifts in Samuel Huntington's Analysis and Prognosis of Global Development." GeoJournal, 46:4 (1998): 255-265.
This paper critically discusses Samuel Huntington’s contribution to development studies. Long before his currently debated work on the clash of civilizations, Huntington wrote on the… More

Clash of Civilizations, or Realism and Liberalism Déjà Vu? Some Evidence

– Russett, Bruce and John Oneal and Michaelene Cox. "Clash of Civilizations, or Realism and Liberalism Déjà Vu? Some Evidence." Journal of Peace Research 37:5 (Sep. 2000): 583-608.
We assess the degree to which propositions from Samuel Huntington’s The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order can account for the incidence of militarized interstate… More

Dialogue Among Civilizations: Possibilities after Huntington

– Healey, Stephen. "Dialogue Among Civilizations: Possibilities after Huntington." International Journal on World Peace. 18:1 (Mar. 2001): 7-14.
“Samuel Huntington’s 1993 Foreign Affairs article “The Clash of Civilizations?” was greeted with a hailstorm of protest, but many also felt that Huntington had grasped something… More

Clear and Present Strangers: The Clash of Civilizations and International Conflict

– Henderson, Erroll and Richard Tucker. "Clear and Present Strangers: The Clash of Civilizations and International Conflict." International Studies Quarterly 45:2 (Jun. 2001): 317-338.
“Huntington’s (1993a, 1993b, 1996) clash of civilizations thesis suggests that states belonging to different civilizations are more likely to become involved in conflict with… More

Two Civilizations and Ethnic Conflict: Islam and the West

– Fox, Jonathan. "Two Civilizations and Ethnic Conflict: Islam and the West." Journal of Peace Research 38:4 (Jul. 2001): 459-472.
Samuel Huntington’s controversial ‘Clash of Civilizations’ argument posits, among other things, that the extent of both international and domestic conflict between… More

Looking the World in the Eye by Robert D. Kaplan

– Kaplan, Robert. "Looking the World in the Eye." The Atlantic 288:5 (Dec. 2001): 68-82.
Excerpt: The most memorable review that Samuel Phillips Huntington, the Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor at Harvard, ever got was a bad one. “Imagine,” Huntington… More

Islam and the West

– Bilgrami, Akeel. "Islam and the West." Philosophy & Social Criticism 38:5 (2002): 477-483.
This short essay analyzes the deception and self-deception in talk of ‘the clash of civilizations’ and proceeds to diagnose what is wrong in the standard understanding of Islam in the… More

If Not a Clash, Then What? Huntington, Nishida Kitaro and the Politics of Civilizations

– Jones, Christopher. "If Not a Clash, Then What? Huntington, Nishida Kitaro and the Politics of Civilizations." International Relations of the Asia Pacific 2.2 (Aug 1, 2002): 223-243.
The debate surrounding Samuel Huntington’s influential Clash of Civilizations thesis has been focused too narrowly on the accuracy of his categorization of civilizations. This focus… More

The ‘Clash of Civilizations’ and Postcommunist Europe

– Miller, Bill. "The 'Clash of Civilizations' and Postcommunist Europe." Comparative European Politics 1:2 (2003): 111-127.
Samuel Huntington’s ‘clash of civilizations’ thesis has been widely disputed, but rarely challenged on the basis of individual-level data. Focusing on two postcommunist societies… More

Samuel Huntington and the Geopolitics of American Identity: The Function of Foreign Policy in America’s Domestic Clash of Civilizations

– El-Din, Aysha. "Samuel Huntington and the Geopolitics of American Identity: The Function of Foreign Policy in America's Domestic Clash of Civilizations." International Studies Review, 5:1 (2003): 53-76.
The clash of civilizations thesis’s true origins lie partly in problems Samuel Huntington sees brewing in his own country. His thesis is to a considerable extent an externalization of… More

Huntington’s Shift to the Declinist Camp: Conservative Declinism and the ‘Historical Function’ of the Clash of Civilizations

– El-Din, Aysha. "Huntington’s Shift to the Declinist Camp: Conservative Declinism and the ‘Historical Function’ of the Clash of Civilizations." International Relations 17:4 (2003): 429-452.
Samuel Huntington, a severe critic of decline theory and an adamant revivalist, shifted radically to the declinist camp with the end of the Cold War, his penultimate declinist vision being… More

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… More

The US Media, Huntington and September 11

– Abrahamian, Ervand. "The US Media, Huntington and September 11." Third World Quarterly, 24:3 (Jun. 2003): 529-544.
The mainstream quality media in the USA—unlike that of Europe— framed September 11 within the context of Islam, culture and civilisations. In other words, it explained the crisis by… More

Osama bin Laden Has Given Common Identity Back to the West

– Huntington, Samuel P. "Osama bin Laden Has Given Common Identity Back to the West." New Perspectives Quarterly v. 19, n. 1 (2003): 5-8.
Osama bin Laden has declared war on Western civilization, and in particular the United States. If the Muslim community to which Bin Laden is appealing rallies to him, then it will become a… More

Huntington or Halliburton? The Real Clash of Civilizations in American Life

– James, Christine. "Huntington or Halliburton? The Real Clash of Civilizations in American Life." Journal for the Study of Religion and Ideologies 3:8 (2004): 43-54.
A wide variety of sources, including the Huntington literature and popular mass media, show that Huntington’s “clash of civilizations” idea actually has very little value in… More

The News Media and the “Clash of Civilizations”

– Seib, Philip. "The News Media and the 'Clash of Civilizations.'" Parameters 34:4 (Winter 2004): 71-86.
The “call to jihad is rising in the streets of Europe, and is being answered,” reported The New York Times in April 2004. The Times story quoted a Muslim cleric in Britain touting the… More

Culture, Civilization, or Economy? Test of the Clash of Civilizations Thesis

– Imai, Kunhiko. "Culture, Civilization, or Economy? Test of the Clash of Civilizations Thesis." International Journal on World Peace, Vol. 23:3 (Sept. 2006): 3-33
Many scholars posit that globalization of national economies has weakened states’ control over their societies among developing countries, thus contributing to their democratization.… More

Political Islam, Clash of Civilizations, U.S. Dominance and Arab Support of Attacks on America: A Test of a Hierarchical Model

– Mostafa Mohammed and Mohanedt Al-Hamdi, "Political Islam, Clash of Civilizations, U.S. Dominance and Arab Support of Attacks on America: A Test of a Hierarchical Model." Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, 30:8 (2007): 723-736.
This study examines two theses used to explain Arab support of the 11 September attacks on the United States: clash of civilizations and anti-dominance reaction to perceived American… More

A Scholar and a Gentleman

– Desch, Michael. "A Scholar and a Gentleman," American Conservative 8:2 (Jan. 26, 2009): 25-26.
Samuel Huntington died on Christmas Eve at age 81 after a long and slow decline. We have lost not only an astute public intellectual but a fine man. Fortunately, he left a rich legacy:… More

A Scholar and a Gentleman by Eliot Cohen

– Eliot Cohen, "A Scholar and a Gentleman," Weekly Standard, January 19, 2009.
Excerpt: As the obituary notices will tell you, Samuel Huntington was a controversial figure. They lead, normally, with a reference to “Clash of Civilizations?” his 1993 Foreign… More

“A Zone of Deep Shadow”: Pedagogical and Familial Reflections on “The Clash of Civilizations”

– Jardine, David, Rahat Naqvi and Eric Jardine. ""A Zone of Deep Shadow": Pedagogical and Familial Reflections on "The Clash of Civilizations"." Interchange: A Quarterly Review of Education, Vol. 41:3 (2010): 209-232.
This paper examines the media coverage of the murder of a young Muslim girl in Mississauga, Ontario in December 2007. We examine how that coverage moved from concerns for a terrible family… More

Beyond the Social Imaginary of “Clash of Civilizations”?

– Rizvi, Fazal. "Beyond the Social Imaginary of "Clash of Civilizations"?" Educational Philosophy and Theory, 43:3 (2011) pp. 225-235.
In recent years, the notion of a ‘clash of civilizations’, first put forward by Samuel Huntington (1996), has been widely used to explain the contemporary dynamics of geo-political… More

Political Utilisation of Scholarly Ideas: the ‘Clash of Civilisations’ vs. ‘Soft Power’ in US Foreign Policy

– Erikkson, Johan and Ludvig Norman, "Political Utilisation of Scholarly Ideas: the 'Clash of Civilisations' vs. 'Soft Power' in US Foreign Policy." Review of International Studies 37:1 (Jan. 2011): 417-436.
This article discusses how and under what conditions ideas coming from International Relations (IR) scholarship are used in foreign policy. We argue that the focus on policy relevance,… More

Samuel Huntington’s Legacy

– Fukuyama, Francis. "Samuel Huntington’s Legacy." Foreign Policy, Jan 5, 2011.
Of all of Samuel Huntington’s contributions to the study of politics, the most important was his 1968 work Political Order in Changing Societies. This book was probably the last major… More

Was Huntington Right? Revisiting the Clash of Civilizations

– Ayoob, Mohammed. "Was Huntington Right? Revisiting the Clash of Civilizations." Insight Turkey 14:4 (Fall 2012): 1-12.
This essay is an attempt to revisit Samuel Huntington’s controversial thesis about a clash of civilizations. Though the author has been an early critique of Huntington, he finds… More

The Clash of Civilizations Revisited

– Huntington, Samuel P. The Clash of Civilizations Revisited. New Perspectives Quarterly v. 30, n. 4 (2013): 46-54.
My view is that relations between countries in the coming decades are most likely to reflect their cultural commitments, their cultural ties and antagonism with other countries rather than… More