The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order
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Samuel P. Huntington proposes that cultural and civilizational identities will shape major lines of conflict in the post-Cold War world.
The book asks how religion, inherited identity, and competing conceptions of order influence international relations. Its broad categories are an argument to evaluate, rather than a settled explanation of every conflict.
This selection creates a discussion across scales: the historical sweep of the Durants, Hoffer’s account of movements, and Huntington’s interpretation of global divisions.
Why I include it
Read Huntington critically. His controversial argument about cultural divisions is worth comparing with the historical sweep of The Lessons of History and the psychology of The True Believer. Agreement is less important than examining what his framework explains and what it leaves out.
