Political Science · Political Theory
UGC NET June 2019 Political Science
The 'Clash of Civilisation' thesis means
AReligious clashes would be a core area of study
BA rejection of the cultural and political inheritance of the West
CWidespread disagreements over moral issues
DConflicts would not be primarily ideological or economic but rather cultural in character ✓ Correct
Answer: D
Explanation
★The Clash of Civilizations thesis means that future conflicts will be primarily cultural rather than ideological or economic.
★Proposed by Samuel Huntington, it argues that after the Cold War the main fault lines would run between civilizations defined by culture and religion.
★As globalization increases contact between these civilizations, the friction between them is expected to grow.
★So the correct reading is that conflict will be cultural in character rather than mainly ideological or economic.
★Huntington set this out in a 1993 article and then in his 1996 book The Clash of Civilizations.
★So the option describing conflict as cultural rather than ideological or economic is correct.
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