1. The Clash of Civilizations? Samuel Huntington

2. Huntington’s Civilizations

3. Clash of Civilizations Major Thesis

4. Huntington’s Proposals

5. Amartya Sen Critique Morally offensive and destructive –Simplified: Culture is much more than religion- we are multi-dimensional. –Classification supercedes the possibility that we chose our own identities –Stereotyping is morally gross –Classification is divisive Amartya Sen Critique of Huntington

6. Politically Destructive: –If we chose our own identifications we can make political associations based on different identities Pakistan/Bangladesh Poverty –We also might chose to make ethical, not identity based associations Amartya Sen Critique of Huntington

7. Ignores diversity of traditions within “civilizations” –Muslims and other traditions in India “Western” appropriation of tolerance ignore diversity of this cultural trait Ignores major global interactions in science, technology, mathematics and literature over past millenia Amartya Sen Critique of Huntington

8. Far reaching effects: –Gives exaggerated commanding voice to religious leaders –Causes self-identification of non-western world as “the other” at the expense of freedom to chose among many identities –Focuses on what divides v. what unites; fuels alienation –Interferes with positive work of identifying solutions to inqualities without losing technological and economic opportunities

9. McWorld v. Jihad Benjamin Barber

10. Elements of McWorld

11. Elements of Jihad