Samuel Huntington and the American Way of War
Journal: Lund University Publications (Lund University)
Year: 2017

In the 25 years that have passed since the publication of Huntington's “Clash of Civilizations” article it has become clear why his thesis fails. Understood as an explanation of the logic of world politics his argument is simply untenable. Moreover, the argument is offensive. It is offensive to be boxed into a “civilization” and to be told that you are the same as the people confined to the same box, and that you are sufficiently different from the people confined to other boxes for there to be