Books
Conservatism as an Ideology
– Huntington, Samuel P. "Conservatism as an Ideology." The American Political Science Review v. 51, n. 2 (1957): 454-473.“Does conservative political thought have a place in America today? The answer to this question depends on the general nature of conservatism as in ideology: its distinguishing… More
Postindustrial Politics: How Benign Will It Be?
– Huntington, Samuel P. "Postindustrial Politics: How Benign Will It Be?" Comparative Politics v. 6 n. 2 (1974): 163-191.The concept of postindustrial society was advanced in the early 1960s by Daniel Bell as a model of society comparable to, but significantly different from, models of industrial and agrarian… More
American Politics: The Promise of Disharmony
– Huntington, Samuel. American Politics: The Promise of Disharmony. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1981.“This stunningly persuasive book examines the persistent, radical gap between the promise of American ideals and the performance of American politics. Samuel P. Huntington shows how… More
The Democratic Temper
– Beer, Samuel. "The Democratic Temper." The New Republic 185 (Nov. 11, 1981): 30-33.“This brilliant book should have been published a year ago. In the last days of the Carter Administration it did seem as if our political institutions suffered from a deepening… More
The ‘American Creed’ and Constitutional Theory
– Smith, Rogers M. "The 'American Creed' and Constitutional Theory." Harvard Law Review 95 (May 1982): 1691-1702.“Political scientist Samuel P. Huntington’s scholarship has been unified by an ongoing concern for the basis of political authority in various political arenas. This concern… More
Huntington on Democratic Politics: A Review of American Politics: The Promise of Disharmony
– Nelson, William. "Huntington on Democratic Politics: A Review of American Politics: The Promise of Disharmony." Philosophy & Public Affairs 13:1 (Winter 1984): 89-98.“Samuel P. Huntington’s most recent book, American Politics: The Promise of Disharmony, is an original and intriguing account of American political history. Underlying this… More
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
The Third Wave: Democratization in the Late Twentieth Century
– Kitschelt, Herbert. "The Third Wave: Democratization in the Late Twentieth Century." American Political Science Review 86:4 (Dec 1992): 1028-1034.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
Understanding Political Development
– Weiner, Myron and Samuel P. Huntington. Understanding Political Development. Boston: Waveland Press, 1994.The central concern of the essays in this exceptional volume is whether the various theories and concepts that scholars have invented for understanding the enormous political changes that… 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
Samuel Huntington and Communist Civil-Military Relations
– Herspring, Dale. "Samuel Huntington and Communist Civil-Military Relations." Armed Forces and Society: An Interdisciplinary Journal 25:4 (Summer 1999): 557-577.“Contrary to Huntington’s hypothesis, analysis suggests that the relationship between the party-political apparatus and line elements of the armed forces of the former Soviet… More
Culture Matters: How Values Shape Human Progress
– Ed. Harrison, Lawrence and Samuel P. Huntington. Culture Matters: How Values Shape Human Progress. New York: Basic Books, 2000.“The Asian and Russian financial crises have helped fuel a growing debate over the impact of culture on economic performance. In this useful guide to the controversy, many authors… 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
Robust Nationalism
– Huntington, Samuel P. "Robust Nationalism." The National Interest v. 58 (2000): 31.Is there such a thing as a conservative foreign policy? There was during the Cold War, but now the answer appears to be “no.” People who consider themselves conservative and are… More
Politics in a World of Hybrid Cultures: Migration is the Central Issue of the 21st Century
– Huntington, Samuel P. "Politics in a World of Hybrid Cultures: Migration is the Central Issue of the 21st Century." New Perspectives Quarterly v. 18, n. 2 (2000): 22-24.Try Again: A Reply to Russett, Oneal & Cox
– Huntington, Samuel P. "Try Again: A Reply to Russett, Oneal & Cox." Journal of Peace Research v. 37, n. 5 (2000): 609-610.Russett, Oneal & Cox (2000) (henceforth RO&C) claim that their analysis of militarized interstate disputes between 1950 and 1992 provides a test of my hypotheses concerning clashes… More
The Special Case of Mexican Immigration
– Huntington, Samuel P, Georgie Anne Geyer, Peter Skerry, Linda Chavez, and Barbara Curtis. "The Special Case of Mexican Immigration." The American Enterprise v. 11, n. 8 (2000): 20.America is often described as a country defined by a commitment to a creed formulated in the writings of our Founders. But American identity is only partly a matter of creed. For much of… 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
Migration is the Central Issue of the 21st Century
– Huntington, Samuel P. "Migration is the Central Issue of the 21st Century." New Perspectives Quarterly v. 18, n. 3 (2001): 22-24.Islamic Culture and Democracy: Testing the ‘Clash of Civilizations’ Thesis
– Inglehard, Ronald. "Islamic Culture and Democracy: Testing the 'Clash of Civilizations' Thesis." Comparative Sociology 1:3 (2002): 235-263.In seeking to understand the root causes of the events of 9/11 many accounts have turned to Samuel P. Huntington’s provocative and controversial thesis of a “clash of… 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
Ethnic Minorities and the Clash of Civilizations: A Quantitative Analysis of Huntington’s Thesis
– Fox, Jonathan. "Ethnic Minorities and the Clash of Civilizations: A Quantitative Analysis of Huntington's Thesis." British Journal of Political Science 32:3 (Jul. 2002): 415-434.Samuel Huntington’s ‘clash of civilizations’ thesis has sparked considerable debate. Huntington argues that post-Cold War conflicts will revolve primarily around civilizations. This… 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
Is There a Clash of Civilizations? Evidence from Patterns of International Conflict Involvement, 1946-97
– Chiozza, Giacomo. "Is There a Clash of Civilizations? Evidence from Patterns of International Conflict Involvement, 1946-97." Journal of Peace Research 39:6 (Nov. 2002): 711-734.This article offers an empirical test of Huntington’s thesis in The Clash of Civilizations. Huntington argues that states belonging to different civilizations will have a higher… 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
Two Wests
– Huntington, Samuel P and Anthony Giddens. "Two Wests." New Perspectives Quarterly v. 20, n. 4 (2003): 37-43.The central division in the West is one which so many people have focused on: the difference in power between the United States and Europe. This division naturally gives rise to… 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
Native Son: Samuel Huntington Defends the Homeland
– Wolfe, Alan. "Native Son: Samuel Huntington Defends the Homeland." Foreign Affairs 83:3 (May-June 2004): 120.In the course of a remarkably distinguished academic career, Samuel Huntington has demonstrated a steadfast commitment to realism. Distaste for sentimentality is certainly on display in his… 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
Getting Me Wrong [with Reply]
– Huntington, Samuel P and Alan Wolfe. "Getting Me Wrong [with Reply]." Foreign Affairs v. 83, n. 5 (2004): 155-159.In evaluating a novel, a poem, or a scholarly study, it can be useful and insightful to consider that work in the context of the author’s other writings, if those exist. For social… More
Dead Souls
– Huntington, Samuel P. "Dead Souls." The National Interest v. 75, n. 5 (2004): 5.Debates over national identity are a pervasive characteristic of our time. In part, they raise rhetorical questions, but they also have profound implications for American society and… More
Are We A Nation “Under God”?
– Huntington, Samuel P. "Are We A Nation "Under God”?" The American Enterprise v. 15, n. 5, (2004): 18.As this issue of The American Enterprise goes to press this June, the U.S. Supreme Court is considering whether the words “under G-d” in the Pledge of Allegiance are a… More
One Nation, Out of Many
– Huntington, Samuel P. "One Nation, Out of Many." The American Enterprise v. 15, n. 6, (2004): 20.America’s core culture has primarily been the culture of the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century settlers who founded our nation. The central elements of that culture are the Christian… More
The Hispanic Challenge
– Huntington, Samuel P. "The Hispanic Challenge." Foreign Policy v. 141 (2004): 30-45.The persistent inflow of Hispanic immigrants threatens to divide the United States into two peoples, two cultures, and two languages. Unlike past immigrant groups, Mexicans and other… More
Not Letting Evidence Get in the Way of Assumptions: Testing the Clash of Civilizations Thesis with More Recent Data
– Henderson, Errol A. "Not Letting Evidence Get in the Way of Assumptions: Testing the Clash of Civilizations Thesis with More Recent Data." International Politics 42:4 (2005): 458-469.In this research note I examine Huntington’s ‘clash of civilizations’ thesis in the light of his arguments to his detractors to apply his thesis to post-Cold War armed… More
National Identity in a Multicultural Nation: The Challenge of Immigration Law and Immigrants
– Johnson, Kevin. "National Identity in a Multicultural Nation: The Challenge of Immigration Law and Immigrants." Michigan Law Review, 103:6 (May 2005): 1347-1390.This review essay, which will be published in the Michigan Law Review’s 2005 Survey of Books, analyzes Samuel Huntington’s provocative new book Who Are We?: The Challenges to… More
Huntington’s Dog that Didn’t Bark: Africa in the “Clash of Civilizations”
– Hawker, Geoffrey. "Huntington's Dog that Didn't Bark: Africa in the 'Clash of Civilizations.'" Journal of Contemporary Analysis. 77:3 (May-June 2005): 7-11.Problems of Identity in America: Two Views
– Black, Jeremy and John Zmirak. "Problems of Identity in America: Two Views." Modern Age 47:3 (Summer 2005): 278-285.This is a rare book – erudite and readable, analytical but urgent, a work of political science which the author admits he wrote as “a patriot.” While few political theorists… More
What are we to make of Samuel Huntington?
– Skerry, Peter. "What are we to make of Samuel Huntington?" Society 43:1 (Nov-Dec 2005): 82-92.“At one point in Who Are We? Samuel Huntington related a little-known episode of the Mexican War, in which Irish immigrant soldier deserted the American army to serve with their… More
Paradigm Lost: Huntington’s Unfulfilled Clash of Civilizations Prediction into the 21st Century
– Fox, Jonathan. "Paradigm Lost: Huntington's Unfulfilled Clash of Civilizations Prediction into the 21st Century." International Politics 42:4 (Dec. 2005): 428-457.This study addresses a gap in the quantitative literature which tests Samuel Huntington’s Clash of Civilization theory (CoC). Nearly all of the quantitative studies which directly… More
The Crisis of American National Identity by Charles Kesler
– Kesler, Charles. "The Crisis of American National Identity." Claremont Review of Books 5:4 (Fall 2005): 24-30.About a decade ago, when he was vice president, Al Gore explained that our national motto, e pluribus unum, means “from one, many.” This was a sad day for knowledge of Latin… 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): 3-33Many 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
Testing Huntington: Is Hispanic Immigration a Threat to American Identity?
– Citrin, Jack and Amy Lerman, Michael Murakami, and Kathryn Pearson. "Testing Huntington: Is Hispanic Immigration a Threat to American Identity?" Perspectives on Politics 5:1 (March 2007): 31-48.Samuel Huntington argues that the sheer number, concentration, linguistic homogeneity, and other characteristic of Hispanic immigrants will erode the dominance of English as a nationally… More
Islamic Fatalism and the Clash of Civilizations: An Appraisal of a Contentious and Dubious Theory
– Acevedo, Gabriel. "Islamic Fatalism and the Clash of Civilizations: An Appraisal of a Contentious and Dubious Theory." Social Forces, 86:4 (June 2008): 1711-1752.This paper will address the question of Islamic fatalism. Survey data will be used to assess Samuel P. Huntington’s controversial “Clash of Civilizations” thesis and its emphasis… 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
Samuel P. Huntington and the Ambiguities of American Power
– Zanin, Toby. "Samuel P. Huntington and the Ambiguities of American Power" International Journal 64:4 (Oct. 2009): 1109-1116“He may not have ultimately enjoyed the last word on anything, but during a long and controversial career, Samuel Huntington (1927-2008) certainly did enjoy the exercise of initiating… 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
A Celebration of the Life and Thought of Samuel P. Huntington
From a panel sponsored by the National Endowment for Democracy. As was confirmed by the many tributes that marked his passing on December 24, Samuel P. Huntington was one of the greatest… More
Harvard Kennedy School Forum: The Legacy of Sam Huntington
Political pundits and professors commemorate the late political scientist Samuel P. Huntington. .A panel of Huntington’s former students including CNN host and Time Magazine editor Fareed… More
Who Are We? : Samuel Huntington and the Problem of American Identity
– Holloway, Carson. "Who Are We? : Samuel Huntington and the Problem of American Identity.' Perspectives on Political Science, 40:2 (2011): 106-114.Responding to Samuel Huntington’s argument in Who Are We? The Challenges to America’s National Identity, this article explores the problematic character of American national… 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
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
Samuel Huntington on the ‘Clash of Civilizations’
From the Charlie Rose Show.
Samuel Huntington’s Clash of Civilizations or Francis Fukuyama’s End of History?
In this 1992 lecture at the American Enterprise institute a young Francis Fukuyama best known as the author of The End of History and the Last Man challenges his former professor Samuel P.… 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
Anglosphere Exceptionalism
– Windschuttle, Keith. "Anglosphere Exceptionalism" New Criterion, 32:5 (Jan 2014): 23-29.In 1996, when I visited New York to speak at some local universities, I was surprised to read a story on the front page of The New York Times. The Republican Governor of the state, George… More
The Huntington Legacy in Political Development
Francis Fukuyama, Senior Fellow at the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law at Stanford University, delivered the 2014 Edwin L. Godkin lecture at the JFK Jr. Forum. Fukuyama… More
Essays
Conservatism as an Ideology
– Huntington, Samuel P. "Conservatism as an Ideology." The American Political Science Review v. 51, n. 2 (1957): 454-473.“Does conservative political thought have a place in America today? The answer to this question depends on the general nature of conservatism as in ideology: its distinguishing… More
Postindustrial Politics: How Benign Will It Be?
– Huntington, Samuel P. "Postindustrial Politics: How Benign Will It Be?" Comparative Politics v. 6 n. 2 (1974): 163-191.The concept of postindustrial society was advanced in the early 1960s by Daniel Bell as a model of society comparable to, but significantly different from, models of industrial and agrarian… More
American Politics: The Promise of Disharmony
– Huntington, Samuel. American Politics: The Promise of Disharmony. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1981.“This stunningly persuasive book examines the persistent, radical gap between the promise of American ideals and the performance of American politics. Samuel P. Huntington shows how… More
The Democratic Temper
– Beer, Samuel. "The Democratic Temper." The New Republic 185 (Nov. 11, 1981): 30-33.“This brilliant book should have been published a year ago. In the last days of the Carter Administration it did seem as if our political institutions suffered from a deepening… More
The ‘American Creed’ and Constitutional Theory
– Smith, Rogers M. "The 'American Creed' and Constitutional Theory." Harvard Law Review 95 (May 1982): 1691-1702.“Political scientist Samuel P. Huntington’s scholarship has been unified by an ongoing concern for the basis of political authority in various political arenas. This concern… More
Huntington on Democratic Politics: A Review of American Politics: The Promise of Disharmony
– Nelson, William. "Huntington on Democratic Politics: A Review of American Politics: The Promise of Disharmony." Philosophy & Public Affairs 13:1 (Winter 1984): 89-98.“Samuel P. Huntington’s most recent book, American Politics: The Promise of Disharmony, is an original and intriguing account of American political history. Underlying this… More
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
The Third Wave: Democratization in the Late Twentieth Century
– Kitschelt, Herbert. "The Third Wave: Democratization in the Late Twentieth Century." American Political Science Review 86:4 (Dec 1992): 1028-1034.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
Understanding Political Development
– Weiner, Myron and Samuel P. Huntington. Understanding Political Development. Boston: Waveland Press, 1994.The central concern of the essays in this exceptional volume is whether the various theories and concepts that scholars have invented for understanding the enormous political changes that… 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
Samuel Huntington and Communist Civil-Military Relations
– Herspring, Dale. "Samuel Huntington and Communist Civil-Military Relations." Armed Forces and Society: An Interdisciplinary Journal 25:4 (Summer 1999): 557-577.“Contrary to Huntington’s hypothesis, analysis suggests that the relationship between the party-political apparatus and line elements of the armed forces of the former Soviet… More
Culture Matters: How Values Shape Human Progress
– Ed. Harrison, Lawrence and Samuel P. Huntington. Culture Matters: How Values Shape Human Progress. New York: Basic Books, 2000.“The Asian and Russian financial crises have helped fuel a growing debate over the impact of culture on economic performance. In this useful guide to the controversy, many authors… 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
Robust Nationalism
– Huntington, Samuel P. "Robust Nationalism." The National Interest v. 58 (2000): 31.Is there such a thing as a conservative foreign policy? There was during the Cold War, but now the answer appears to be “no.” People who consider themselves conservative and are… More
Politics in a World of Hybrid Cultures: Migration is the Central Issue of the 21st Century
– Huntington, Samuel P. "Politics in a World of Hybrid Cultures: Migration is the Central Issue of the 21st Century." New Perspectives Quarterly v. 18, n. 2 (2000): 22-24.Try Again: A Reply to Russett, Oneal & Cox
– Huntington, Samuel P. "Try Again: A Reply to Russett, Oneal & Cox." Journal of Peace Research v. 37, n. 5 (2000): 609-610.Russett, Oneal & Cox (2000) (henceforth RO&C) claim that their analysis of militarized interstate disputes between 1950 and 1992 provides a test of my hypotheses concerning clashes… More
The Special Case of Mexican Immigration
– Huntington, Samuel P, Georgie Anne Geyer, Peter Skerry, Linda Chavez, and Barbara Curtis. "The Special Case of Mexican Immigration." The American Enterprise v. 11, n. 8 (2000): 20.America is often described as a country defined by a commitment to a creed formulated in the writings of our Founders. But American identity is only partly a matter of creed. For much of… 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
Migration is the Central Issue of the 21st Century
– Huntington, Samuel P. "Migration is the Central Issue of the 21st Century." New Perspectives Quarterly v. 18, n. 3 (2001): 22-24.Islamic Culture and Democracy: Testing the ‘Clash of Civilizations’ Thesis
– Inglehard, Ronald. "Islamic Culture and Democracy: Testing the 'Clash of Civilizations' Thesis." Comparative Sociology 1:3 (2002): 235-263.In seeking to understand the root causes of the events of 9/11 many accounts have turned to Samuel P. Huntington’s provocative and controversial thesis of a “clash of… 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
Ethnic Minorities and the Clash of Civilizations: A Quantitative Analysis of Huntington’s Thesis
– Fox, Jonathan. "Ethnic Minorities and the Clash of Civilizations: A Quantitative Analysis of Huntington's Thesis." British Journal of Political Science 32:3 (Jul. 2002): 415-434.Samuel Huntington’s ‘clash of civilizations’ thesis has sparked considerable debate. Huntington argues that post-Cold War conflicts will revolve primarily around civilizations. This… 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
Is There a Clash of Civilizations? Evidence from Patterns of International Conflict Involvement, 1946-97
– Chiozza, Giacomo. "Is There a Clash of Civilizations? Evidence from Patterns of International Conflict Involvement, 1946-97." Journal of Peace Research 39:6 (Nov. 2002): 711-734.This article offers an empirical test of Huntington’s thesis in The Clash of Civilizations. Huntington argues that states belonging to different civilizations will have a higher… 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
Two Wests
– Huntington, Samuel P and Anthony Giddens. "Two Wests." New Perspectives Quarterly v. 20, n. 4 (2003): 37-43.The central division in the West is one which so many people have focused on: the difference in power between the United States and Europe. This division naturally gives rise to… 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
Native Son: Samuel Huntington Defends the Homeland
– Wolfe, Alan. "Native Son: Samuel Huntington Defends the Homeland." Foreign Affairs 83:3 (May-June 2004): 120.In the course of a remarkably distinguished academic career, Samuel Huntington has demonstrated a steadfast commitment to realism. Distaste for sentimentality is certainly on display in his… 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
Getting Me Wrong [with Reply]
– Huntington, Samuel P and Alan Wolfe. "Getting Me Wrong [with Reply]." Foreign Affairs v. 83, n. 5 (2004): 155-159.In evaluating a novel, a poem, or a scholarly study, it can be useful and insightful to consider that work in the context of the author’s other writings, if those exist. For social… More
Dead Souls
– Huntington, Samuel P. "Dead Souls." The National Interest v. 75, n. 5 (2004): 5.Debates over national identity are a pervasive characteristic of our time. In part, they raise rhetorical questions, but they also have profound implications for American society and… More
Are We A Nation “Under God”?
– Huntington, Samuel P. "Are We A Nation "Under God”?" The American Enterprise v. 15, n. 5, (2004): 18.As this issue of The American Enterprise goes to press this June, the U.S. Supreme Court is considering whether the words “under G-d” in the Pledge of Allegiance are a… More
One Nation, Out of Many
– Huntington, Samuel P. "One Nation, Out of Many." The American Enterprise v. 15, n. 6, (2004): 20.America’s core culture has primarily been the culture of the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century settlers who founded our nation. The central elements of that culture are the Christian… More
The Hispanic Challenge
– Huntington, Samuel P. "The Hispanic Challenge." Foreign Policy v. 141 (2004): 30-45.The persistent inflow of Hispanic immigrants threatens to divide the United States into two peoples, two cultures, and two languages. Unlike past immigrant groups, Mexicans and other… More
Not Letting Evidence Get in the Way of Assumptions: Testing the Clash of Civilizations Thesis with More Recent Data
– Henderson, Errol A. "Not Letting Evidence Get in the Way of Assumptions: Testing the Clash of Civilizations Thesis with More Recent Data." International Politics 42:4 (2005): 458-469.In this research note I examine Huntington’s ‘clash of civilizations’ thesis in the light of his arguments to his detractors to apply his thesis to post-Cold War armed… More
National Identity in a Multicultural Nation: The Challenge of Immigration Law and Immigrants
– Johnson, Kevin. "National Identity in a Multicultural Nation: The Challenge of Immigration Law and Immigrants." Michigan Law Review, 103:6 (May 2005): 1347-1390.This review essay, which will be published in the Michigan Law Review’s 2005 Survey of Books, analyzes Samuel Huntington’s provocative new book Who Are We?: The Challenges to… More
Huntington’s Dog that Didn’t Bark: Africa in the “Clash of Civilizations”
– Hawker, Geoffrey. "Huntington's Dog that Didn't Bark: Africa in the 'Clash of Civilizations.'" Journal of Contemporary Analysis. 77:3 (May-June 2005): 7-11.Problems of Identity in America: Two Views
– Black, Jeremy and John Zmirak. "Problems of Identity in America: Two Views." Modern Age 47:3 (Summer 2005): 278-285.This is a rare book – erudite and readable, analytical but urgent, a work of political science which the author admits he wrote as “a patriot.” While few political theorists… More
What are we to make of Samuel Huntington?
– Skerry, Peter. "What are we to make of Samuel Huntington?" Society 43:1 (Nov-Dec 2005): 82-92.“At one point in Who Are We? Samuel Huntington related a little-known episode of the Mexican War, in which Irish immigrant soldier deserted the American army to serve with their… More
Paradigm Lost: Huntington’s Unfulfilled Clash of Civilizations Prediction into the 21st Century
– Fox, Jonathan. "Paradigm Lost: Huntington's Unfulfilled Clash of Civilizations Prediction into the 21st Century." International Politics 42:4 (Dec. 2005): 428-457.This study addresses a gap in the quantitative literature which tests Samuel Huntington’s Clash of Civilization theory (CoC). Nearly all of the quantitative studies which directly… More
The Crisis of American National Identity by Charles Kesler
– Kesler, Charles. "The Crisis of American National Identity." Claremont Review of Books 5:4 (Fall 2005): 24-30.About a decade ago, when he was vice president, Al Gore explained that our national motto, e pluribus unum, means “from one, many.” This was a sad day for knowledge of Latin… 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): 3-33Many 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
Testing Huntington: Is Hispanic Immigration a Threat to American Identity?
– Citrin, Jack and Amy Lerman, Michael Murakami, and Kathryn Pearson. "Testing Huntington: Is Hispanic Immigration a Threat to American Identity?" Perspectives on Politics 5:1 (March 2007): 31-48.Samuel Huntington argues that the sheer number, concentration, linguistic homogeneity, and other characteristic of Hispanic immigrants will erode the dominance of English as a nationally… More
Islamic Fatalism and the Clash of Civilizations: An Appraisal of a Contentious and Dubious Theory
– Acevedo, Gabriel. "Islamic Fatalism and the Clash of Civilizations: An Appraisal of a Contentious and Dubious Theory." Social Forces, 86:4 (June 2008): 1711-1752.This paper will address the question of Islamic fatalism. Survey data will be used to assess Samuel P. Huntington’s controversial “Clash of Civilizations” thesis and its emphasis… 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
Samuel P. Huntington and the Ambiguities of American Power
– Zanin, Toby. "Samuel P. Huntington and the Ambiguities of American Power" International Journal 64:4 (Oct. 2009): 1109-1116“He may not have ultimately enjoyed the last word on anything, but during a long and controversial career, Samuel Huntington (1927-2008) certainly did enjoy the exercise of initiating… 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
A Celebration of the Life and Thought of Samuel P. Huntington
From a panel sponsored by the National Endowment for Democracy. As was confirmed by the many tributes that marked his passing on December 24, Samuel P. Huntington was one of the greatest… More
Harvard Kennedy School Forum: The Legacy of Sam Huntington
Political pundits and professors commemorate the late political scientist Samuel P. Huntington. .A panel of Huntington’s former students including CNN host and Time Magazine editor Fareed… More
Who Are We? : Samuel Huntington and the Problem of American Identity
– Holloway, Carson. "Who Are We? : Samuel Huntington and the Problem of American Identity.' Perspectives on Political Science, 40:2 (2011): 106-114.Responding to Samuel Huntington’s argument in Who Are We? The Challenges to America’s National Identity, this article explores the problematic character of American national… 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
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
Samuel Huntington on the ‘Clash of Civilizations’
From the Charlie Rose Show.
Samuel Huntington’s Clash of Civilizations or Francis Fukuyama’s End of History?
In this 1992 lecture at the American Enterprise institute a young Francis Fukuyama best known as the author of The End of History and the Last Man challenges his former professor Samuel P.… 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
Anglosphere Exceptionalism
– Windschuttle, Keith. "Anglosphere Exceptionalism" New Criterion, 32:5 (Jan 2014): 23-29.In 1996, when I visited New York to speak at some local universities, I was surprised to read a story on the front page of The New York Times. The Republican Governor of the state, George… More
The Huntington Legacy in Political Development
Francis Fukuyama, Senior Fellow at the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law at Stanford University, delivered the 2014 Edwin L. Godkin lecture at the JFK Jr. Forum. Fukuyama… More
Commentary
Conservatism as an Ideology
– Huntington, Samuel P. "Conservatism as an Ideology." The American Political Science Review v. 51, n. 2 (1957): 454-473.“Does conservative political thought have a place in America today? The answer to this question depends on the general nature of conservatism as in ideology: its distinguishing… More
Postindustrial Politics: How Benign Will It Be?
– Huntington, Samuel P. "Postindustrial Politics: How Benign Will It Be?" Comparative Politics v. 6 n. 2 (1974): 163-191.The concept of postindustrial society was advanced in the early 1960s by Daniel Bell as a model of society comparable to, but significantly different from, models of industrial and agrarian… More
American Politics: The Promise of Disharmony
– Huntington, Samuel. American Politics: The Promise of Disharmony. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1981.“This stunningly persuasive book examines the persistent, radical gap between the promise of American ideals and the performance of American politics. Samuel P. Huntington shows how… More
The Democratic Temper
– Beer, Samuel. "The Democratic Temper." The New Republic 185 (Nov. 11, 1981): 30-33.“This brilliant book should have been published a year ago. In the last days of the Carter Administration it did seem as if our political institutions suffered from a deepening… More
The ‘American Creed’ and Constitutional Theory
– Smith, Rogers M. "The 'American Creed' and Constitutional Theory." Harvard Law Review 95 (May 1982): 1691-1702.“Political scientist Samuel P. Huntington’s scholarship has been unified by an ongoing concern for the basis of political authority in various political arenas. This concern… More
Huntington on Democratic Politics: A Review of American Politics: The Promise of Disharmony
– Nelson, William. "Huntington on Democratic Politics: A Review of American Politics: The Promise of Disharmony." Philosophy & Public Affairs 13:1 (Winter 1984): 89-98.“Samuel P. Huntington’s most recent book, American Politics: The Promise of Disharmony, is an original and intriguing account of American political history. Underlying this… More
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
The Third Wave: Democratization in the Late Twentieth Century
– Kitschelt, Herbert. "The Third Wave: Democratization in the Late Twentieth Century." American Political Science Review 86:4 (Dec 1992): 1028-1034.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
Understanding Political Development
– Weiner, Myron and Samuel P. Huntington. Understanding Political Development. Boston: Waveland Press, 1994.The central concern of the essays in this exceptional volume is whether the various theories and concepts that scholars have invented for understanding the enormous political changes that… 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
Samuel Huntington and Communist Civil-Military Relations
– Herspring, Dale. "Samuel Huntington and Communist Civil-Military Relations." Armed Forces and Society: An Interdisciplinary Journal 25:4 (Summer 1999): 557-577.“Contrary to Huntington’s hypothesis, analysis suggests that the relationship between the party-political apparatus and line elements of the armed forces of the former Soviet… More
Culture Matters: How Values Shape Human Progress
– Ed. Harrison, Lawrence and Samuel P. Huntington. Culture Matters: How Values Shape Human Progress. New York: Basic Books, 2000.“The Asian and Russian financial crises have helped fuel a growing debate over the impact of culture on economic performance. In this useful guide to the controversy, many authors… 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
Robust Nationalism
– Huntington, Samuel P. "Robust Nationalism." The National Interest v. 58 (2000): 31.Is there such a thing as a conservative foreign policy? There was during the Cold War, but now the answer appears to be “no.” People who consider themselves conservative and are… More
Politics in a World of Hybrid Cultures: Migration is the Central Issue of the 21st Century
– Huntington, Samuel P. "Politics in a World of Hybrid Cultures: Migration is the Central Issue of the 21st Century." New Perspectives Quarterly v. 18, n. 2 (2000): 22-24.Try Again: A Reply to Russett, Oneal & Cox
– Huntington, Samuel P. "Try Again: A Reply to Russett, Oneal & Cox." Journal of Peace Research v. 37, n. 5 (2000): 609-610.Russett, Oneal & Cox (2000) (henceforth RO&C) claim that their analysis of militarized interstate disputes between 1950 and 1992 provides a test of my hypotheses concerning clashes… More
The Special Case of Mexican Immigration
– Huntington, Samuel P, Georgie Anne Geyer, Peter Skerry, Linda Chavez, and Barbara Curtis. "The Special Case of Mexican Immigration." The American Enterprise v. 11, n. 8 (2000): 20.America is often described as a country defined by a commitment to a creed formulated in the writings of our Founders. But American identity is only partly a matter of creed. For much of… 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
Migration is the Central Issue of the 21st Century
– Huntington, Samuel P. "Migration is the Central Issue of the 21st Century." New Perspectives Quarterly v. 18, n. 3 (2001): 22-24.Islamic Culture and Democracy: Testing the ‘Clash of Civilizations’ Thesis
– Inglehard, Ronald. "Islamic Culture and Democracy: Testing the 'Clash of Civilizations' Thesis." Comparative Sociology 1:3 (2002): 235-263.In seeking to understand the root causes of the events of 9/11 many accounts have turned to Samuel P. Huntington’s provocative and controversial thesis of a “clash of… 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
Ethnic Minorities and the Clash of Civilizations: A Quantitative Analysis of Huntington’s Thesis
– Fox, Jonathan. "Ethnic Minorities and the Clash of Civilizations: A Quantitative Analysis of Huntington's Thesis." British Journal of Political Science 32:3 (Jul. 2002): 415-434.Samuel Huntington’s ‘clash of civilizations’ thesis has sparked considerable debate. Huntington argues that post-Cold War conflicts will revolve primarily around civilizations. This… 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
Is There a Clash of Civilizations? Evidence from Patterns of International Conflict Involvement, 1946-97
– Chiozza, Giacomo. "Is There a Clash of Civilizations? Evidence from Patterns of International Conflict Involvement, 1946-97." Journal of Peace Research 39:6 (Nov. 2002): 711-734.This article offers an empirical test of Huntington’s thesis in The Clash of Civilizations. Huntington argues that states belonging to different civilizations will have a higher… 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
Two Wests
– Huntington, Samuel P and Anthony Giddens. "Two Wests." New Perspectives Quarterly v. 20, n. 4 (2003): 37-43.The central division in the West is one which so many people have focused on: the difference in power between the United States and Europe. This division naturally gives rise to… 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
Native Son: Samuel Huntington Defends the Homeland
– Wolfe, Alan. "Native Son: Samuel Huntington Defends the Homeland." Foreign Affairs 83:3 (May-June 2004): 120.In the course of a remarkably distinguished academic career, Samuel Huntington has demonstrated a steadfast commitment to realism. Distaste for sentimentality is certainly on display in his… 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
Getting Me Wrong [with Reply]
– Huntington, Samuel P and Alan Wolfe. "Getting Me Wrong [with Reply]." Foreign Affairs v. 83, n. 5 (2004): 155-159.In evaluating a novel, a poem, or a scholarly study, it can be useful and insightful to consider that work in the context of the author’s other writings, if those exist. For social… More
Dead Souls
– Huntington, Samuel P. "Dead Souls." The National Interest v. 75, n. 5 (2004): 5.Debates over national identity are a pervasive characteristic of our time. In part, they raise rhetorical questions, but they also have profound implications for American society and… More
Are We A Nation “Under God”?
– Huntington, Samuel P. "Are We A Nation "Under God”?" The American Enterprise v. 15, n. 5, (2004): 18.As this issue of The American Enterprise goes to press this June, the U.S. Supreme Court is considering whether the words “under G-d” in the Pledge of Allegiance are a… More
One Nation, Out of Many
– Huntington, Samuel P. "One Nation, Out of Many." The American Enterprise v. 15, n. 6, (2004): 20.America’s core culture has primarily been the culture of the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century settlers who founded our nation. The central elements of that culture are the Christian… More
The Hispanic Challenge
– Huntington, Samuel P. "The Hispanic Challenge." Foreign Policy v. 141 (2004): 30-45.The persistent inflow of Hispanic immigrants threatens to divide the United States into two peoples, two cultures, and two languages. Unlike past immigrant groups, Mexicans and other… More
Not Letting Evidence Get in the Way of Assumptions: Testing the Clash of Civilizations Thesis with More Recent Data
– Henderson, Errol A. "Not Letting Evidence Get in the Way of Assumptions: Testing the Clash of Civilizations Thesis with More Recent Data." International Politics 42:4 (2005): 458-469.In this research note I examine Huntington’s ‘clash of civilizations’ thesis in the light of his arguments to his detractors to apply his thesis to post-Cold War armed… More
National Identity in a Multicultural Nation: The Challenge of Immigration Law and Immigrants
– Johnson, Kevin. "National Identity in a Multicultural Nation: The Challenge of Immigration Law and Immigrants." Michigan Law Review, 103:6 (May 2005): 1347-1390.This review essay, which will be published in the Michigan Law Review’s 2005 Survey of Books, analyzes Samuel Huntington’s provocative new book Who Are We?: The Challenges to… More
Huntington’s Dog that Didn’t Bark: Africa in the “Clash of Civilizations”
– Hawker, Geoffrey. "Huntington's Dog that Didn't Bark: Africa in the 'Clash of Civilizations.'" Journal of Contemporary Analysis. 77:3 (May-June 2005): 7-11.Problems of Identity in America: Two Views
– Black, Jeremy and John Zmirak. "Problems of Identity in America: Two Views." Modern Age 47:3 (Summer 2005): 278-285.This is a rare book – erudite and readable, analytical but urgent, a work of political science which the author admits he wrote as “a patriot.” While few political theorists… More
What are we to make of Samuel Huntington?
– Skerry, Peter. "What are we to make of Samuel Huntington?" Society 43:1 (Nov-Dec 2005): 82-92.“At one point in Who Are We? Samuel Huntington related a little-known episode of the Mexican War, in which Irish immigrant soldier deserted the American army to serve with their… More
Paradigm Lost: Huntington’s Unfulfilled Clash of Civilizations Prediction into the 21st Century
– Fox, Jonathan. "Paradigm Lost: Huntington's Unfulfilled Clash of Civilizations Prediction into the 21st Century." International Politics 42:4 (Dec. 2005): 428-457.This study addresses a gap in the quantitative literature which tests Samuel Huntington’s Clash of Civilization theory (CoC). Nearly all of the quantitative studies which directly… More
The Crisis of American National Identity by Charles Kesler
– Kesler, Charles. "The Crisis of American National Identity." Claremont Review of Books 5:4 (Fall 2005): 24-30.About a decade ago, when he was vice president, Al Gore explained that our national motto, e pluribus unum, means “from one, many.” This was a sad day for knowledge of Latin… 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): 3-33Many 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
Testing Huntington: Is Hispanic Immigration a Threat to American Identity?
– Citrin, Jack and Amy Lerman, Michael Murakami, and Kathryn Pearson. "Testing Huntington: Is Hispanic Immigration a Threat to American Identity?" Perspectives on Politics 5:1 (March 2007): 31-48.Samuel Huntington argues that the sheer number, concentration, linguistic homogeneity, and other characteristic of Hispanic immigrants will erode the dominance of English as a nationally… More
Islamic Fatalism and the Clash of Civilizations: An Appraisal of a Contentious and Dubious Theory
– Acevedo, Gabriel. "Islamic Fatalism and the Clash of Civilizations: An Appraisal of a Contentious and Dubious Theory." Social Forces, 86:4 (June 2008): 1711-1752.This paper will address the question of Islamic fatalism. Survey data will be used to assess Samuel P. Huntington’s controversial “Clash of Civilizations” thesis and its emphasis… 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
Samuel P. Huntington and the Ambiguities of American Power
– Zanin, Toby. "Samuel P. Huntington and the Ambiguities of American Power" International Journal 64:4 (Oct. 2009): 1109-1116“He may not have ultimately enjoyed the last word on anything, but during a long and controversial career, Samuel Huntington (1927-2008) certainly did enjoy the exercise of initiating… 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
A Celebration of the Life and Thought of Samuel P. Huntington
From a panel sponsored by the National Endowment for Democracy. As was confirmed by the many tributes that marked his passing on December 24, Samuel P. Huntington was one of the greatest… More
Harvard Kennedy School Forum: The Legacy of Sam Huntington
Political pundits and professors commemorate the late political scientist Samuel P. Huntington. .A panel of Huntington’s former students including CNN host and Time Magazine editor Fareed… More
Who Are We? : Samuel Huntington and the Problem of American Identity
– Holloway, Carson. "Who Are We? : Samuel Huntington and the Problem of American Identity.' Perspectives on Political Science, 40:2 (2011): 106-114.Responding to Samuel Huntington’s argument in Who Are We? The Challenges to America’s National Identity, this article explores the problematic character of American national… 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
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
Samuel Huntington on the ‘Clash of Civilizations’
From the Charlie Rose Show.
Samuel Huntington’s Clash of Civilizations or Francis Fukuyama’s End of History?
In this 1992 lecture at the American Enterprise institute a young Francis Fukuyama best known as the author of The End of History and the Last Man challenges his former professor Samuel P.… 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
Anglosphere Exceptionalism
– Windschuttle, Keith. "Anglosphere Exceptionalism" New Criterion, 32:5 (Jan 2014): 23-29.In 1996, when I visited New York to speak at some local universities, I was surprised to read a story on the front page of The New York Times. The Republican Governor of the state, George… More
The Huntington Legacy in Political Development
Francis Fukuyama, Senior Fellow at the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law at Stanford University, delivered the 2014 Edwin L. Godkin lecture at the JFK Jr. Forum. Fukuyama… More
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Conservatism as an Ideology
– Huntington, Samuel P. "Conservatism as an Ideology." The American Political Science Review v. 51, n. 2 (1957): 454-473.“Does conservative political thought have a place in America today? The answer to this question depends on the general nature of conservatism as in ideology: its distinguishing… More
Postindustrial Politics: How Benign Will It Be?
– Huntington, Samuel P. "Postindustrial Politics: How Benign Will It Be?" Comparative Politics v. 6 n. 2 (1974): 163-191.The concept of postindustrial society was advanced in the early 1960s by Daniel Bell as a model of society comparable to, but significantly different from, models of industrial and agrarian… More
American Politics: The Promise of Disharmony
– Huntington, Samuel. American Politics: The Promise of Disharmony. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1981.“This stunningly persuasive book examines the persistent, radical gap between the promise of American ideals and the performance of American politics. Samuel P. Huntington shows how… More
The Democratic Temper
– Beer, Samuel. "The Democratic Temper." The New Republic 185 (Nov. 11, 1981): 30-33.“This brilliant book should have been published a year ago. In the last days of the Carter Administration it did seem as if our political institutions suffered from a deepening… More
The ‘American Creed’ and Constitutional Theory
– Smith, Rogers M. "The 'American Creed' and Constitutional Theory." Harvard Law Review 95 (May 1982): 1691-1702.“Political scientist Samuel P. Huntington’s scholarship has been unified by an ongoing concern for the basis of political authority in various political arenas. This concern… More
Huntington on Democratic Politics: A Review of American Politics: The Promise of Disharmony
– Nelson, William. "Huntington on Democratic Politics: A Review of American Politics: The Promise of Disharmony." Philosophy & Public Affairs 13:1 (Winter 1984): 89-98.“Samuel P. Huntington’s most recent book, American Politics: The Promise of Disharmony, is an original and intriguing account of American political history. Underlying this… More
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
The Third Wave: Democratization in the Late Twentieth Century
– Kitschelt, Herbert. "The Third Wave: Democratization in the Late Twentieth Century." American Political Science Review 86:4 (Dec 1992): 1028-1034.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
Understanding Political Development
– Weiner, Myron and Samuel P. Huntington. Understanding Political Development. Boston: Waveland Press, 1994.The central concern of the essays in this exceptional volume is whether the various theories and concepts that scholars have invented for understanding the enormous political changes that… 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
Samuel Huntington and Communist Civil-Military Relations
– Herspring, Dale. "Samuel Huntington and Communist Civil-Military Relations." Armed Forces and Society: An Interdisciplinary Journal 25:4 (Summer 1999): 557-577.“Contrary to Huntington’s hypothesis, analysis suggests that the relationship between the party-political apparatus and line elements of the armed forces of the former Soviet… More
Culture Matters: How Values Shape Human Progress
– Ed. Harrison, Lawrence and Samuel P. Huntington. Culture Matters: How Values Shape Human Progress. New York: Basic Books, 2000.“The Asian and Russian financial crises have helped fuel a growing debate over the impact of culture on economic performance. In this useful guide to the controversy, many authors… 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
Robust Nationalism
– Huntington, Samuel P. "Robust Nationalism." The National Interest v. 58 (2000): 31.Is there such a thing as a conservative foreign policy? There was during the Cold War, but now the answer appears to be “no.” People who consider themselves conservative and are… More
Politics in a World of Hybrid Cultures: Migration is the Central Issue of the 21st Century
– Huntington, Samuel P. "Politics in a World of Hybrid Cultures: Migration is the Central Issue of the 21st Century." New Perspectives Quarterly v. 18, n. 2 (2000): 22-24.Try Again: A Reply to Russett, Oneal & Cox
– Huntington, Samuel P. "Try Again: A Reply to Russett, Oneal & Cox." Journal of Peace Research v. 37, n. 5 (2000): 609-610.Russett, Oneal & Cox (2000) (henceforth RO&C) claim that their analysis of militarized interstate disputes between 1950 and 1992 provides a test of my hypotheses concerning clashes… More
The Special Case of Mexican Immigration
– Huntington, Samuel P, Georgie Anne Geyer, Peter Skerry, Linda Chavez, and Barbara Curtis. "The Special Case of Mexican Immigration." The American Enterprise v. 11, n. 8 (2000): 20.America is often described as a country defined by a commitment to a creed formulated in the writings of our Founders. But American identity is only partly a matter of creed. For much of… 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
Migration is the Central Issue of the 21st Century
– Huntington, Samuel P. "Migration is the Central Issue of the 21st Century." New Perspectives Quarterly v. 18, n. 3 (2001): 22-24.Islamic Culture and Democracy: Testing the ‘Clash of Civilizations’ Thesis
– Inglehard, Ronald. "Islamic Culture and Democracy: Testing the 'Clash of Civilizations' Thesis." Comparative Sociology 1:3 (2002): 235-263.In seeking to understand the root causes of the events of 9/11 many accounts have turned to Samuel P. Huntington’s provocative and controversial thesis of a “clash of… 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
Ethnic Minorities and the Clash of Civilizations: A Quantitative Analysis of Huntington’s Thesis
– Fox, Jonathan. "Ethnic Minorities and the Clash of Civilizations: A Quantitative Analysis of Huntington's Thesis." British Journal of Political Science 32:3 (Jul. 2002): 415-434.Samuel Huntington’s ‘clash of civilizations’ thesis has sparked considerable debate. Huntington argues that post-Cold War conflicts will revolve primarily around civilizations. This… 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
Is There a Clash of Civilizations? Evidence from Patterns of International Conflict Involvement, 1946-97
– Chiozza, Giacomo. "Is There a Clash of Civilizations? Evidence from Patterns of International Conflict Involvement, 1946-97." Journal of Peace Research 39:6 (Nov. 2002): 711-734.This article offers an empirical test of Huntington’s thesis in The Clash of Civilizations. Huntington argues that states belonging to different civilizations will have a higher… 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
Two Wests
– Huntington, Samuel P and Anthony Giddens. "Two Wests." New Perspectives Quarterly v. 20, n. 4 (2003): 37-43.The central division in the West is one which so many people have focused on: the difference in power between the United States and Europe. This division naturally gives rise to… 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
Native Son: Samuel Huntington Defends the Homeland
– Wolfe, Alan. "Native Son: Samuel Huntington Defends the Homeland." Foreign Affairs 83:3 (May-June 2004): 120.In the course of a remarkably distinguished academic career, Samuel Huntington has demonstrated a steadfast commitment to realism. Distaste for sentimentality is certainly on display in his… 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
Getting Me Wrong [with Reply]
– Huntington, Samuel P and Alan Wolfe. "Getting Me Wrong [with Reply]." Foreign Affairs v. 83, n. 5 (2004): 155-159.In evaluating a novel, a poem, or a scholarly study, it can be useful and insightful to consider that work in the context of the author’s other writings, if those exist. For social… More
Dead Souls
– Huntington, Samuel P. "Dead Souls." The National Interest v. 75, n. 5 (2004): 5.Debates over national identity are a pervasive characteristic of our time. In part, they raise rhetorical questions, but they also have profound implications for American society and… More
Are We A Nation “Under God”?
– Huntington, Samuel P. "Are We A Nation "Under God”?" The American Enterprise v. 15, n. 5, (2004): 18.As this issue of The American Enterprise goes to press this June, the U.S. Supreme Court is considering whether the words “under G-d” in the Pledge of Allegiance are a… More
One Nation, Out of Many
– Huntington, Samuel P. "One Nation, Out of Many." The American Enterprise v. 15, n. 6, (2004): 20.America’s core culture has primarily been the culture of the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century settlers who founded our nation. The central elements of that culture are the Christian… More
The Hispanic Challenge
– Huntington, Samuel P. "The Hispanic Challenge." Foreign Policy v. 141 (2004): 30-45.The persistent inflow of Hispanic immigrants threatens to divide the United States into two peoples, two cultures, and two languages. Unlike past immigrant groups, Mexicans and other… More
Not Letting Evidence Get in the Way of Assumptions: Testing the Clash of Civilizations Thesis with More Recent Data
– Henderson, Errol A. "Not Letting Evidence Get in the Way of Assumptions: Testing the Clash of Civilizations Thesis with More Recent Data." International Politics 42:4 (2005): 458-469.In this research note I examine Huntington’s ‘clash of civilizations’ thesis in the light of his arguments to his detractors to apply his thesis to post-Cold War armed… More
National Identity in a Multicultural Nation: The Challenge of Immigration Law and Immigrants
– Johnson, Kevin. "National Identity in a Multicultural Nation: The Challenge of Immigration Law and Immigrants." Michigan Law Review, 103:6 (May 2005): 1347-1390.This review essay, which will be published in the Michigan Law Review’s 2005 Survey of Books, analyzes Samuel Huntington’s provocative new book Who Are We?: The Challenges to… More
Huntington’s Dog that Didn’t Bark: Africa in the “Clash of Civilizations”
– Hawker, Geoffrey. "Huntington's Dog that Didn't Bark: Africa in the 'Clash of Civilizations.'" Journal of Contemporary Analysis. 77:3 (May-June 2005): 7-11.Problems of Identity in America: Two Views
– Black, Jeremy and John Zmirak. "Problems of Identity in America: Two Views." Modern Age 47:3 (Summer 2005): 278-285.This is a rare book – erudite and readable, analytical but urgent, a work of political science which the author admits he wrote as “a patriot.” While few political theorists… More
What are we to make of Samuel Huntington?
– Skerry, Peter. "What are we to make of Samuel Huntington?" Society 43:1 (Nov-Dec 2005): 82-92.“At one point in Who Are We? Samuel Huntington related a little-known episode of the Mexican War, in which Irish immigrant soldier deserted the American army to serve with their… More
Paradigm Lost: Huntington’s Unfulfilled Clash of Civilizations Prediction into the 21st Century
– Fox, Jonathan. "Paradigm Lost: Huntington's Unfulfilled Clash of Civilizations Prediction into the 21st Century." International Politics 42:4 (Dec. 2005): 428-457.This study addresses a gap in the quantitative literature which tests Samuel Huntington’s Clash of Civilization theory (CoC). Nearly all of the quantitative studies which directly… More
The Crisis of American National Identity by Charles Kesler
– Kesler, Charles. "The Crisis of American National Identity." Claremont Review of Books 5:4 (Fall 2005): 24-30.About a decade ago, when he was vice president, Al Gore explained that our national motto, e pluribus unum, means “from one, many.” This was a sad day for knowledge of Latin… 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): 3-33Many 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
Testing Huntington: Is Hispanic Immigration a Threat to American Identity?
– Citrin, Jack and Amy Lerman, Michael Murakami, and Kathryn Pearson. "Testing Huntington: Is Hispanic Immigration a Threat to American Identity?" Perspectives on Politics 5:1 (March 2007): 31-48.Samuel Huntington argues that the sheer number, concentration, linguistic homogeneity, and other characteristic of Hispanic immigrants will erode the dominance of English as a nationally… More
Islamic Fatalism and the Clash of Civilizations: An Appraisal of a Contentious and Dubious Theory
– Acevedo, Gabriel. "Islamic Fatalism and the Clash of Civilizations: An Appraisal of a Contentious and Dubious Theory." Social Forces, 86:4 (June 2008): 1711-1752.This paper will address the question of Islamic fatalism. Survey data will be used to assess Samuel P. Huntington’s controversial “Clash of Civilizations” thesis and its emphasis… 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
Samuel P. Huntington and the Ambiguities of American Power
– Zanin, Toby. "Samuel P. Huntington and the Ambiguities of American Power" International Journal 64:4 (Oct. 2009): 1109-1116“He may not have ultimately enjoyed the last word on anything, but during a long and controversial career, Samuel Huntington (1927-2008) certainly did enjoy the exercise of initiating… 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
A Celebration of the Life and Thought of Samuel P. Huntington
From a panel sponsored by the National Endowment for Democracy. As was confirmed by the many tributes that marked his passing on December 24, Samuel P. Huntington was one of the greatest… More
Harvard Kennedy School Forum: The Legacy of Sam Huntington
Political pundits and professors commemorate the late political scientist Samuel P. Huntington. .A panel of Huntington’s former students including CNN host and Time Magazine editor Fareed… More
Who Are We? : Samuel Huntington and the Problem of American Identity
– Holloway, Carson. "Who Are We? : Samuel Huntington and the Problem of American Identity.' Perspectives on Political Science, 40:2 (2011): 106-114.Responding to Samuel Huntington’s argument in Who Are We? The Challenges to America’s National Identity, this article explores the problematic character of American national… 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
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
Samuel Huntington on the ‘Clash of Civilizations’
From the Charlie Rose Show.
Samuel Huntington’s Clash of Civilizations or Francis Fukuyama’s End of History?
In this 1992 lecture at the American Enterprise institute a young Francis Fukuyama best known as the author of The End of History and the Last Man challenges his former professor Samuel P.… 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
Anglosphere Exceptionalism
– Windschuttle, Keith. "Anglosphere Exceptionalism" New Criterion, 32:5 (Jan 2014): 23-29.In 1996, when I visited New York to speak at some local universities, I was surprised to read a story on the front page of The New York Times. The Republican Governor of the state, George… More
The Huntington Legacy in Political Development
Francis Fukuyama, Senior Fellow at the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law at Stanford University, delivered the 2014 Edwin L. Godkin lecture at the JFK Jr. Forum. Fukuyama… More
Teaching
Conservatism as an Ideology
– Huntington, Samuel P. "Conservatism as an Ideology." The American Political Science Review v. 51, n. 2 (1957): 454-473.“Does conservative political thought have a place in America today? The answer to this question depends on the general nature of conservatism as in ideology: its distinguishing… More
Postindustrial Politics: How Benign Will It Be?
– Huntington, Samuel P. "Postindustrial Politics: How Benign Will It Be?" Comparative Politics v. 6 n. 2 (1974): 163-191.The concept of postindustrial society was advanced in the early 1960s by Daniel Bell as a model of society comparable to, but significantly different from, models of industrial and agrarian… More
American Politics: The Promise of Disharmony
– Huntington, Samuel. American Politics: The Promise of Disharmony. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1981.“This stunningly persuasive book examines the persistent, radical gap between the promise of American ideals and the performance of American politics. Samuel P. Huntington shows how… More
The Democratic Temper
– Beer, Samuel. "The Democratic Temper." The New Republic 185 (Nov. 11, 1981): 30-33.“This brilliant book should have been published a year ago. In the last days of the Carter Administration it did seem as if our political institutions suffered from a deepening… More
The ‘American Creed’ and Constitutional Theory
– Smith, Rogers M. "The 'American Creed' and Constitutional Theory." Harvard Law Review 95 (May 1982): 1691-1702.“Political scientist Samuel P. Huntington’s scholarship has been unified by an ongoing concern for the basis of political authority in various political arenas. This concern… More
Huntington on Democratic Politics: A Review of American Politics: The Promise of Disharmony
– Nelson, William. "Huntington on Democratic Politics: A Review of American Politics: The Promise of Disharmony." Philosophy & Public Affairs 13:1 (Winter 1984): 89-98.“Samuel P. Huntington’s most recent book, American Politics: The Promise of Disharmony, is an original and intriguing account of American political history. Underlying this… More
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
The Third Wave: Democratization in the Late Twentieth Century
– Kitschelt, Herbert. "The Third Wave: Democratization in the Late Twentieth Century." American Political Science Review 86:4 (Dec 1992): 1028-1034.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
Understanding Political Development
– Weiner, Myron and Samuel P. Huntington. Understanding Political Development. Boston: Waveland Press, 1994.The central concern of the essays in this exceptional volume is whether the various theories and concepts that scholars have invented for understanding the enormous political changes that… 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
Samuel Huntington and Communist Civil-Military Relations
– Herspring, Dale. "Samuel Huntington and Communist Civil-Military Relations." Armed Forces and Society: An Interdisciplinary Journal 25:4 (Summer 1999): 557-577.“Contrary to Huntington’s hypothesis, analysis suggests that the relationship between the party-political apparatus and line elements of the armed forces of the former Soviet… More
Culture Matters: How Values Shape Human Progress
– Ed. Harrison, Lawrence and Samuel P. Huntington. Culture Matters: How Values Shape Human Progress. New York: Basic Books, 2000.“The Asian and Russian financial crises have helped fuel a growing debate over the impact of culture on economic performance. In this useful guide to the controversy, many authors… 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
Robust Nationalism
– Huntington, Samuel P. "Robust Nationalism." The National Interest v. 58 (2000): 31.Is there such a thing as a conservative foreign policy? There was during the Cold War, but now the answer appears to be “no.” People who consider themselves conservative and are… More
Politics in a World of Hybrid Cultures: Migration is the Central Issue of the 21st Century
– Huntington, Samuel P. "Politics in a World of Hybrid Cultures: Migration is the Central Issue of the 21st Century." New Perspectives Quarterly v. 18, n. 2 (2000): 22-24.Try Again: A Reply to Russett, Oneal & Cox
– Huntington, Samuel P. "Try Again: A Reply to Russett, Oneal & Cox." Journal of Peace Research v. 37, n. 5 (2000): 609-610.Russett, Oneal & Cox (2000) (henceforth RO&C) claim that their analysis of militarized interstate disputes between 1950 and 1992 provides a test of my hypotheses concerning clashes… More
The Special Case of Mexican Immigration
– Huntington, Samuel P, Georgie Anne Geyer, Peter Skerry, Linda Chavez, and Barbara Curtis. "The Special Case of Mexican Immigration." The American Enterprise v. 11, n. 8 (2000): 20.America is often described as a country defined by a commitment to a creed formulated in the writings of our Founders. But American identity is only partly a matter of creed. For much of… 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
Migration is the Central Issue of the 21st Century
– Huntington, Samuel P. "Migration is the Central Issue of the 21st Century." New Perspectives Quarterly v. 18, n. 3 (2001): 22-24.Islamic Culture and Democracy: Testing the ‘Clash of Civilizations’ Thesis
– Inglehard, Ronald. "Islamic Culture and Democracy: Testing the 'Clash of Civilizations' Thesis." Comparative Sociology 1:3 (2002): 235-263.In seeking to understand the root causes of the events of 9/11 many accounts have turned to Samuel P. Huntington’s provocative and controversial thesis of a “clash of… 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
Ethnic Minorities and the Clash of Civilizations: A Quantitative Analysis of Huntington’s Thesis
– Fox, Jonathan. "Ethnic Minorities and the Clash of Civilizations: A Quantitative Analysis of Huntington's Thesis." British Journal of Political Science 32:3 (Jul. 2002): 415-434.Samuel Huntington’s ‘clash of civilizations’ thesis has sparked considerable debate. Huntington argues that post-Cold War conflicts will revolve primarily around civilizations. This… 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
Is There a Clash of Civilizations? Evidence from Patterns of International Conflict Involvement, 1946-97
– Chiozza, Giacomo. "Is There a Clash of Civilizations? Evidence from Patterns of International Conflict Involvement, 1946-97." Journal of Peace Research 39:6 (Nov. 2002): 711-734.This article offers an empirical test of Huntington’s thesis in The Clash of Civilizations. Huntington argues that states belonging to different civilizations will have a higher… 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
Two Wests
– Huntington, Samuel P and Anthony Giddens. "Two Wests." New Perspectives Quarterly v. 20, n. 4 (2003): 37-43.The central division in the West is one which so many people have focused on: the difference in power between the United States and Europe. This division naturally gives rise to… 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
Native Son: Samuel Huntington Defends the Homeland
– Wolfe, Alan. "Native Son: Samuel Huntington Defends the Homeland." Foreign Affairs 83:3 (May-June 2004): 120.In the course of a remarkably distinguished academic career, Samuel Huntington has demonstrated a steadfast commitment to realism. Distaste for sentimentality is certainly on display in his… 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
Getting Me Wrong [with Reply]
– Huntington, Samuel P and Alan Wolfe. "Getting Me Wrong [with Reply]." Foreign Affairs v. 83, n. 5 (2004): 155-159.In evaluating a novel, a poem, or a scholarly study, it can be useful and insightful to consider that work in the context of the author’s other writings, if those exist. For social… More
Dead Souls
– Huntington, Samuel P. "Dead Souls." The National Interest v. 75, n. 5 (2004): 5.Debates over national identity are a pervasive characteristic of our time. In part, they raise rhetorical questions, but they also have profound implications for American society and… More
Are We A Nation “Under God”?
– Huntington, Samuel P. "Are We A Nation "Under God”?" The American Enterprise v. 15, n. 5, (2004): 18.As this issue of The American Enterprise goes to press this June, the U.S. Supreme Court is considering whether the words “under G-d” in the Pledge of Allegiance are a… More
One Nation, Out of Many
– Huntington, Samuel P. "One Nation, Out of Many." The American Enterprise v. 15, n. 6, (2004): 20.America’s core culture has primarily been the culture of the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century settlers who founded our nation. The central elements of that culture are the Christian… More
The Hispanic Challenge
– Huntington, Samuel P. "The Hispanic Challenge." Foreign Policy v. 141 (2004): 30-45.The persistent inflow of Hispanic immigrants threatens to divide the United States into two peoples, two cultures, and two languages. Unlike past immigrant groups, Mexicans and other… More
Not Letting Evidence Get in the Way of Assumptions: Testing the Clash of Civilizations Thesis with More Recent Data
– Henderson, Errol A. "Not Letting Evidence Get in the Way of Assumptions: Testing the Clash of Civilizations Thesis with More Recent Data." International Politics 42:4 (2005): 458-469.In this research note I examine Huntington’s ‘clash of civilizations’ thesis in the light of his arguments to his detractors to apply his thesis to post-Cold War armed… More
National Identity in a Multicultural Nation: The Challenge of Immigration Law and Immigrants
– Johnson, Kevin. "National Identity in a Multicultural Nation: The Challenge of Immigration Law and Immigrants." Michigan Law Review, 103:6 (May 2005): 1347-1390.This review essay, which will be published in the Michigan Law Review’s 2005 Survey of Books, analyzes Samuel Huntington’s provocative new book Who Are We?: The Challenges to… More
Huntington’s Dog that Didn’t Bark: Africa in the “Clash of Civilizations”
– Hawker, Geoffrey. "Huntington's Dog that Didn't Bark: Africa in the 'Clash of Civilizations.'" Journal of Contemporary Analysis. 77:3 (May-June 2005): 7-11.Problems of Identity in America: Two Views
– Black, Jeremy and John Zmirak. "Problems of Identity in America: Two Views." Modern Age 47:3 (Summer 2005): 278-285.This is a rare book – erudite and readable, analytical but urgent, a work of political science which the author admits he wrote as “a patriot.” While few political theorists… More
What are we to make of Samuel Huntington?
– Skerry, Peter. "What are we to make of Samuel Huntington?" Society 43:1 (Nov-Dec 2005): 82-92.“At one point in Who Are We? Samuel Huntington related a little-known episode of the Mexican War, in which Irish immigrant soldier deserted the American army to serve with their… More
Paradigm Lost: Huntington’s Unfulfilled Clash of Civilizations Prediction into the 21st Century
– Fox, Jonathan. "Paradigm Lost: Huntington's Unfulfilled Clash of Civilizations Prediction into the 21st Century." International Politics 42:4 (Dec. 2005): 428-457.This study addresses a gap in the quantitative literature which tests Samuel Huntington’s Clash of Civilization theory (CoC). Nearly all of the quantitative studies which directly… More
The Crisis of American National Identity by Charles Kesler
– Kesler, Charles. "The Crisis of American National Identity." Claremont Review of Books 5:4 (Fall 2005): 24-30.About a decade ago, when he was vice president, Al Gore explained that our national motto, e pluribus unum, means “from one, many.” This was a sad day for knowledge of Latin… 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): 3-33Many 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
Testing Huntington: Is Hispanic Immigration a Threat to American Identity?
– Citrin, Jack and Amy Lerman, Michael Murakami, and Kathryn Pearson. "Testing Huntington: Is Hispanic Immigration a Threat to American Identity?" Perspectives on Politics 5:1 (March 2007): 31-48.Samuel Huntington argues that the sheer number, concentration, linguistic homogeneity, and other characteristic of Hispanic immigrants will erode the dominance of English as a nationally… More
Islamic Fatalism and the Clash of Civilizations: An Appraisal of a Contentious and Dubious Theory
– Acevedo, Gabriel. "Islamic Fatalism and the Clash of Civilizations: An Appraisal of a Contentious and Dubious Theory." Social Forces, 86:4 (June 2008): 1711-1752.This paper will address the question of Islamic fatalism. Survey data will be used to assess Samuel P. Huntington’s controversial “Clash of Civilizations” thesis and its emphasis… 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
Samuel P. Huntington and the Ambiguities of American Power
– Zanin, Toby. "Samuel P. Huntington and the Ambiguities of American Power" International Journal 64:4 (Oct. 2009): 1109-1116“He may not have ultimately enjoyed the last word on anything, but during a long and controversial career, Samuel Huntington (1927-2008) certainly did enjoy the exercise of initiating… 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
A Celebration of the Life and Thought of Samuel P. Huntington
From a panel sponsored by the National Endowment for Democracy. As was confirmed by the many tributes that marked his passing on December 24, Samuel P. Huntington was one of the greatest… More
Harvard Kennedy School Forum: The Legacy of Sam Huntington
Political pundits and professors commemorate the late political scientist Samuel P. Huntington. .A panel of Huntington’s former students including CNN host and Time Magazine editor Fareed… More
Who Are We? : Samuel Huntington and the Problem of American Identity
– Holloway, Carson. "Who Are We? : Samuel Huntington and the Problem of American Identity.' Perspectives on Political Science, 40:2 (2011): 106-114.Responding to Samuel Huntington’s argument in Who Are We? The Challenges to America’s National Identity, this article explores the problematic character of American national… 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
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
Samuel Huntington on the ‘Clash of Civilizations’
From the Charlie Rose Show.
Samuel Huntington’s Clash of Civilizations or Francis Fukuyama’s End of History?
In this 1992 lecture at the American Enterprise institute a young Francis Fukuyama best known as the author of The End of History and the Last Man challenges his former professor Samuel P.… 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
Anglosphere Exceptionalism
– Windschuttle, Keith. "Anglosphere Exceptionalism" New Criterion, 32:5 (Jan 2014): 23-29.In 1996, when I visited New York to speak at some local universities, I was surprised to read a story on the front page of The New York Times. The Republican Governor of the state, George… More
The Huntington Legacy in Political Development
Francis Fukuyama, Senior Fellow at the Center on Democracy, Development and the Rule of Law at Stanford University, delivered the 2014 Edwin L. Godkin lecture at the JFK Jr. Forum. Fukuyama… More