Samuel Huntington's 'The Clash Of Ignorance'

Said, Edward W. “The Clash of Ignorance”. The Nation. 22 October 2001. Web. 7 May 2018
In this text, the author is criticizing the beliefs that Samuel Huntington has on what the main causes of conflicts between nations. He believes that the causes are cultural differences like religion, etc. The author clearly states that he believes that thinking the same way Huntington thinks, is dangerous. The author also talks about how there are many other things that also have an effect or role on causing conflicts. The author also presents to the audience the idea that things like the news and other media outlets use certain techniques as a way to manipulate society to think a certain way about a person or a specific group of people. Throughout the text, the authors continuously states how this a very ignorant thing for society to do or continue doing.
A strength about this source is that it introduces the major role the press/ media outlets have on, society, dividing people into different categories/groups that are based on basically based on assumptions/stereotypes. Another strength about this is that it successfully discredits the things that Huntington says is to be the case about the topic. He does this by stating that Huntington doesn’t use any pieces of evidence to back up his claim. A weakness about this source is that the author uses

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