Clash of civilisations

Question 1

Why is there a clash of civilisation?

Answer 1

Civilisations are incompatible

Western foreign policy

Sexuality

Question 2

Ao1 civilisations are incompatible

Answer 2

Huntington argues, there is now a major clash of civilisation
This is because in today’s globalised world,, religious differences have become the major source of identity

And globalisation has made contact between civilisations easier and more frequent, increasing the chance of conflicts remerging

He believes that the west is under threat, especially from Islam and that there is growing conflict between the west vs the rest

And he argues for the west to reassert its Christian identity

Question 3

Ao3 clash of civilisation

Answer 3

Jackson criticises, Huntington for stereotyping eastern people especially Muslims as untrustworthy, inferior and justifies human rights abuses by the west
And at the clash is a misleading ideology that portrays the whole of Islam as an enemy. When in reality, it’s only a minority

Question 4

Ao1 western foreign policy

Answer 4

Armstrong argues, that hostility from the west does not stem from fundamentalist Islam as Huntington suggest, but is a reaction to Western foreign policy in the Middle East

An example of this is Iran, where the British Americans backed the Shah of Iran, and they mutually depended on each other for resources and support

The shah was a ruthless dictator whom ordered a massacre in 1978, where 900 people were murdered

She argues that I’ve asked majority of fundamentalist do not partake in acts of violence, and therefore the threat stems from western foreign policy not religion itself

Question 5

Ao3 western foreign policy

Answer 5

Huntington would defend do US foreign policy as necessary to protect western interest in the face of potential harms

Question 6

Ao1 sexuality

Answer 6

Norris and Inglehart argue that issue that divides the rest , and the Muslim world is not democracy but sexuality as support for democracy is high in both

There are great differences in values on relationships, abortion, gay rights and divorce

There is no global consensus, and these divergent values cause the real clash of civilisations between Muslim society and west

Question 7

Ao3 sexuality

Answer 7

Western and Islamic views could now be blurring on sexuality for example, gay friendly mosques in Paris

And new Christian right hold the same views on sexuality as Islam and they are western