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The Clash within Civilisations: Coming to Terms with Cultural Conflicts (RIPE Series in Global Political Economy)
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Product Description
This work explores the question of cultural conflict within the context of the main non-Western cultural areas of Chinese political philosophy, Islam, Buddhism and Hinduism.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #604951 in Books
- Published on: 2001-09-20
- Released on: 2001-09-20
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 160 pages
Editorial Reviews
Review
"Senghaas's important reminder in this book is that modernization causes tremendous upheaval, and this needs to be kept in mind when discussing the developing world and its resentment toward the West... provocative and interesting."
-The Review of Politics
From the Back Cover
Expanding upon, and engaging with, the influential theories of Francis Fukuyama in The End of History and Samuel Huntington in The Clash of Civilisations, this book is a major, and controversial, contribution to these key contemporary debates. Dieter Senghaas examines some of the most significant political issues we face today:
* How do societies cope with pluralization? * Can tolerance be a successful solution? * What is the role of 'culture' in recent conflicts which have been described as culturally induced? * And will twenty-first-century world politics sink into cultural conflicts on a biblical scale?
Dieter Senghaas explores these questions within the context of the main non-Western cultural areas Chinese political philosophy, Islam, Buddhism and Hinduism and goes on to reflect on the possibility of a constructive form of intercultural dialogue. Senghaas's distinctive and radical approach will be of great interest and topicality to all those working in politics, international relations, sociology, cultural studies, development studies, religion and international political economy.
About the Author
Dieter Senghaas is extremely highly regarded theorist. He is Professor of Peace, Conflict and Development Research at the Institute for Intercultural and International Studies, University of Bremen. His previous publications in English include The European Experience.
