Hereisabriefintroductionto*TheClashofCivilizationsandtheRemakingofWorldOrder*bySamuelP.Huntington(Englishedition):SamuelHuntington's*TheClashofCivilizations*presentsaprovocativethesisaboutglobalconflictinthepost-ColdWarera.Hearguesthatfutureconflictswillnotbedrivenbyideologyoreconomicsbutbyculturalandcivilizationaldivides.Huntingtonidentifiesmajorcivilizations—Western,Islamic,Sinic,Hindu,Orthodox,African,LatinAmerican,andJapanese—andsuggeststhattensionsbetweenthemwillshapeworldpolitics.Thebookchallengestraditionalviewsofinternationalrelations,emphasizingculturalidentityasakeyfactorinalliancesandconflicts.Huntingtonwarnsofpotentialclashes,particularlybetweentheWestandIslamicorSiniccivilizations,whileadvocatingforunderstandingandcooperationtomanagethesedivisions.Criticsdebateitsoversimplifications,butthebookremainsinfluentialindiscussionsaboutglobalization,identity,andgeopoliticalstrategy.Itisessentialreadingforthoseinterestedininternationalrelations,culturalstudies,andthefutureofglobalorder.(Note:Thecorrecttitleis*TheClashofCivilizationsandtheRemakingofWorldOrder*;"nationalismhuntington"appearstobeatypoorshorthand.)
