Clash of Civilizations and Islam

Order Description write a 5,000 words essay arguin" rel="nofollow">ing whether the term ‘Clash of Civilizations’ accurately captures the post-Cold War relationship between the West and the Islamic world. I would suggest havin" rel="nofollow">ing an in" rel="nofollow">introduction that sets out the direction of the overall argument. Also, the main" rel="nofollow">in body of the essay to contain" rel="nofollow">in strong argumentation particularly in" rel="nofollow">in highlightin" rel="nofollow">ing the deficiencies of the Huntin" rel="nofollow">ington thesis. It is necessary to make adequate lin" rel="nofollow">inkages to the diverse threads that are mentioned in" rel="nofollow">in my suggested plan below and weave these threads in" rel="nofollow">into coherent whole. I would like to ensure that the main" rel="nofollow">in body of the essay is a logical progression of the overarchin" rel="nofollow">ing argument, which uses signpostin" rel="nofollow">ing to lin" rel="nofollow">ink back to the question and argument. Brin" rel="nofollow">ing out the suggested literature in" rel="nofollow">in the bibliography that I’ll provide fully in" rel="nofollow">in the essay. Lastly, I am not sure the sequence I states below is logical enough. Suggested Essay Plan The essay to analyze the key concepts of Huntin" rel="nofollow">ington’s Clash of Civilizations theory startin" rel="nofollow">ing with a general context that lead the author to declare the end of ideology and the emergence of new paradigm in" rel="nofollow">in in" rel="nofollow">international retaliations (fall of Berlin" rel="nofollow">in wall in" rel="nofollow">in November 1989 and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in" rel="nofollow">in December 1991). The shift from the clash of ideologies durin" rel="nofollow">ing the Cold War period (liberal democracy vs. communism) to the clash between nations and groups of different civilizations and cultures after the end of the Cold War. Elaborate on the various facets of Huntin" rel="nofollow">ington’s clash of civilizations hypothesis; focusin" rel="nofollow">ing on the new patterns of conflict that are foreseen to occur along the boundaries of different cultures and forms of cohesion that are to be found within" rel="nofollow">in the cultural borders. Detail the weaknesses of Huntin" rel="nofollow">ington’s c thesis takin" rel="nofollow">ing in" rel="nofollow">into consideration the followin" rel="nofollow">ing arguments: • Civilizations are treated in" rel="nofollow">in the thesis as monolithic and in" rel="nofollow">internally homogeneous. • Theoretically simple, naturally subjective and in" rel="nofollow">inherently problematic. • The challenges in" rel="nofollow">in testin" rel="nofollow">ing Huntin" rel="nofollow">ington’s analysis empirically due to the generalizations and assumptions about the “new phase” of world politics that are based largely on anecdotal evidence and subjective in" rel="nofollow">interpretation of that evidence. • Is Huntin" rel="nofollow">ington’s theory a fruit of Western -centrism, an extension of the European Enlightenment which led to the age colonialism? • Does the theory equate the modernity, progress, and civilization with the superior West and it associates tradition, backwardness, and barbarism with the exotic and in" rel="nofollow">inferior Rest. • Where does Huntin" rel="nofollow">ington’s theory stand in" rel="nofollow">in relation to the economic globalization and the in" rel="nofollow">interlockin" rel="nofollow">ing economic activities that are not territorially defin" rel="nofollow">ined cultures and civilizations? • Is it true that the danger in" rel="nofollow">in this theory lies in" rel="nofollow">in the risk of transformin" rel="nofollow">ing a successful political myth in" rel="nofollow">into a self-fulfillin" rel="nofollow">ing prophecy that may impact how foreign policy makers make decisions? Discuss in" rel="nofollow">in depth the position of Islamic civilization in" rel="nofollow">in Huntin" rel="nofollow">ington’s thesis and how the Muslim rage is perceived as the immin" rel="nofollow">inent danger to the West and its values. Although Huntin" rel="nofollow">ington's thesis presumably deals with the conflicts that world civilizations have faced and will face in" rel="nofollow">in the future, there is a wide belief that his thesis specifically targets Islam as major threat to the West. Accordin" rel="nofollow">ing to Huntin" rel="nofollow">ington, Islamic resurgence and its demographic explosion, coupled with the values of Western universal values would lead to a bloody clash between the Islamic and Western civilizations. Eventually, Is Huntin" rel="nofollow">ington’s argument more about a clash of religions than about a clash of civilizations? Assess whether Huntin" rel="nofollow">ington’s analysis about the Islamic civilization is accurate through: • providin" rel="nofollow">ing a brief geo-political overview of the main" rel="nofollow">in Islamic and Arabic nation states post -Cold War era; • statin" rel="nofollow">ing the main" rel="nofollow">in reasons behin" rel="nofollow">ind the Islamic revivalism and later radicalization, and whether the West has in" rel="nofollow">in fact contributed to the nourishin" rel="nofollow">ing of radicalism in" rel="nofollow">in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. • Is Islam unreceptive and hostile to Westernization through its values, perspectives, practices and in" rel="nofollow">institutions? • assessin" rel="nofollow">ing whether the terrorist attacks of 9/11 and the aftermath ( Afghanistan and Iraq wars) are actually the manifestation of the clash of civilizations. Have these events contributed to the revival of Huntin" rel="nofollow">ington’s clash rhetoric (the crusades) through the Bush doctrin" rel="nofollow">ine and the wakeup call? Similarly, Al-Qaeda’s jihad again" rel="nofollow">inst the new crusaders and the in" rel="nofollow">invasion of Iraq. • The rise of the Islamic State and how its atrocities are perceived in" rel="nofollow">in the Islamic and the Arab world. Did the Iraq War (or in" rel="nofollow">invasion) helped in" rel="nofollow">in the radicalization of new elements within" rel="nofollow">in Islamic jihadist and radical groups? • Provide a detailed scrutin" rel="nofollow">iny of the landmark events of the post -Cold War era to see how (or if) they fit in" rel="nofollow">into a civilizational paradigm: the Gulf War, 9-11, Afghanistan, Iraq, Egypt, Libya, Yemen and Syria. Would suggest treatin" rel="nofollow">ing these cases in" rel="nofollow">in a manner to support the overarchin" rel="nofollow">ing argument. • How the Arab Sprin" rel="nofollow">ing fits in" rel="nofollow">into the Clash of Civilizations thesis? Is it an in" rel="nofollow">inter-civilizational and / or cultural clash, or are there socioeconomic and political reasons for the uprisin" rel="nofollow">ing? What are the positions and roles of the Western powers in" rel="nofollow">in relation to what is called the Arab Sprin" rel="nofollow">ing ? The essay will conclude that many aspects of the current state of affairs on the global arena discredit Huntin" rel="nofollow">ington’s thesis. It will highlight the weaknesses discussed above and will refute the belief that a Clash of Civilizations is in" rel="nofollow">indeed an accurate description of the modern conflicts between Islam and the West. The recent events, specifically the 9/11 terrorist attacks, war on terror, Afghanistan and the in" rel="nofollow">invasion of Iraq, the Arab Sprin" rel="nofollow">ing, are not manifestations of the prophesied civilizational clash. They are political in" rel="nofollow">in nature even if they in" rel="nofollow">involve an element of religion which contributes to these events and conflicts.