Joseph Huntington World Order

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As what Eliot Janet says, “History, we know, is apt to repeat itself”. The Clash of Civilization and Remaking of World Order is a book wherein author, Samuel Huntington thoroughly analyses and affirms the reanimation of politics, culture, economics and history on the aftermath of the Cold War. Huntington clearly states that the source of conflict and divisions among people are their different views on political, economic or ideologies, such as the struggle between communism and democracy. His main argument in this book was that the difference between states is no longer political, ideological or economic but cultural. His book consists of five parts: Part one; he demonstrates how global politics became multipolar and multi – civilizational. He also created his version of a civilization paradigm. Like what he said, “We need a map that portrays reality and simplifies reality in a way that best deserves our purposes.” He then divided the world in eight major civilizations. First is the Sinic, which is a Chinese culture in Southeast Asia; Japanese, they believed that they were different from the rest of the world; the Hindus, the Islamic, Orthodox, Western, Latin America and Africa. Huntington claims that the Africans …show more content…

Also in this part Huntington recognizes the importance of religion in global politics. According to Merriam – Webster Dictionary, Religion is an organized system of beliefs, ceremonies, and rules used to worship a God or a group of Gods. Huntington said that people replaced politics with religion that resulted to people increasing their communication among societies. In this part, he also said that Asian countries could modernize themselves without adopting the culture of the West. He clearly mentioned Japan, China and the four tigers which are Hong Kong, Korea, Taiwan and

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