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Samuel P. Huntington has redefined the way world politics has emerged into the 21st century. He introduced his provocative theory of "The Clash of Civilizations" to emphasize that the new world conflict will be cultural. The new world conflict didn't exist until the post-cold war where countries or civilizations divided amongst each other into special cultural entities. As a result, it has transformed the way countries are characterized from their economic and political systems to culture and civilization. Each country or nation has its own unique civilization that is compromised of villages, regions, ethnic groups, nationalities, and religious groups (Huntington 24). Huntington proclaims, "Civilizations is the broadest level of cultural identity that distinguishes humans from other species" (24). Civilizations are always dependent on their compositions, in which any individual can change his or her identity that results in redefining his or her civilization.
So, what exactly is the clash of civilization? Currently, there are about eight civilizations that interact with one another. As they interact, they develop civilization consciousness which allows individuals or groups to become more aware of their cultural surroundings. Additionally, the clash of civilizations depicts the lack of tolerance each civilization has with one another that results in many different conflicts to be left unresolved. Civilizations with common characteristics often have mutual respect and relationship with each other, but civilizations with different characteristics tend to have violent and extensive conflicts that never gets resolved which leads to the clash of civilizations. For instance, Huntington has proposed that one of the most current and ...

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...lamic Community has and always will be our enemy because of the overwhelming number of conflicts that have not been resolved. After analyzing the statistical data of Esposito and Mogahed's survey, Huntington's theory seems to mislead and deceive the actual conflict among civilizations. In a statistical poll, Esposito and Mogahed claimed: "35 percent of the Muslim community had positive opinions of the U.S. and refuse to support anti-U.S terrorism. 55 percent of the Muslim community had negative opinions, but still refuse to support anti-U.S. terrorism" (48). Huntington also proposed that the corrupted relationship between the West and the Islamic Community is because of the differences in cultural entity. While this may be true to a certain extent, the main cause, personally, is ignoring the consideration of respecting each other's values and their unique identity.

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