POLI 244 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Role Of Christianity In Civilization, Teleology, Invisible Hand
12 Nov 2015
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Poli244- lecture #18- the end of history and the clash of civilizations. Envisioning the configurations of power and the future of humanity. Predictions intensified conflict between different civilizational groupings across. Points out that the state as we know it has only been around for a few centuries, and is bound to become less important. Ideology and class status can change; culture and race cannot. Some of the clashes huntington predicted have come to pass, while other have not. Divisions can be more intense within civilizations than between them. Most of the victims of extremist religious groups are their own people (i. e. , their. Huntington talks of an african civilization , however for the most part, the own muslim people) problems in africa are local. Began with fall of salazar regime in portugal (1974) Continuing with the fall of the greek empire. Accelerated throughout the 1980s and after the cold war (esp.
