ZACHÓD I ŚWIAT ISLAMU W ŚWIETLE KONCEPCJI SAMUELA HUNTINGTONA
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2008
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Wydział Prawa i Administracji UAM
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THE WESTERN AND THE MUSLIM COUNTRIES IN SAMUEL HUNTINGTON’S CONCEPTION
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This paper discusses the main issues connected with the concept of civilization and comparative
studies of civilizations. The analysis is based on Samuel Huntington’s conception of the clash
of civilizations, which claims that contemporary confrontations between the Western and the
Arab countries result from the nature of Islam as a different civilization, and, in particular,
from the bellicose and hermetic character of this religion. Huntington follows the oriental
understanding of Islam, in which Islam is presented in a stereotypical way, thus enhancing
the negative images of the Muslims. This, in turn, underlines the mythical dimension of this
paradigm. For both, the Orientalism and the Huntington’s paradigm, it is obvious to identify
Islam with “original cultural aggressivity” whose subject has always been, first the Judeo-Christian,
and currently the secular West.
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Ruch Prawniczy, Ekonomiczny i Socjologiczny 70, 2008, z. 2, s. 169-184