The clash of civilisations thesis and religious responses
Journal article
Authors | Weller, Paul |
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Abstract | The article describes key aspects of Samuel Huntington’s “Clash of Civilizations” thesis. It acknowledges the way in which that thesis has picked up on some key changes in relation to the role of religion in public life and, especially, in international relations. But it also critiques the thesis for its “essentializing” and “bloc” approach to cultures and societies, arguing that such an approach does not take sufficient account of the differences and sometimes fault-lines and conflicts within societies and cultural groups. For what might characterise appropriate religiously informed responses to Huntington’s thesis, the article |
Keywords | Clash of Civilizations; Dialogue; International Relations; Religion; Huntington |
Year | 2010 |
Journal | European Journal of Economic and Political Studies |
Publisher | Fatih University |
Web address (URL) | http://hdl.handle.net/10545/625122 |
hdl:10545/625122 | |
Publication dates | 25 Dec 2010 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 27 Aug 2020, 08:17 |
Accepted | 2010 |
Contributors | University of Derby |
File | File Access Level Open |
File | File Access Level Open |
https://repository.derby.ac.uk/item/942v1/the-clash-of-civilisations-thesis-and-religious-responses
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