تہذیبوں کا تصادم : اسلامی تعلیمات کی روشنی میں ایک تنقیدی جائزہ CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS: A CRITICAL REVIEW IN THE LIGHT OF ISLAMIC TEACHINGS

Abstract

Civilizations have a profound impact on human history and contemporary global affairs. They shape the cultural, economic, political, and technological landscape of the world, influencing social norms, values, and institutions. Civilizations contribute to the development of human knowledge and understanding, foster cultural exchange and diversity, and provide individuals with a sense of identity and belonging. However, civilizations also face challenges, including conflicts, environmental degradation, and social inequality, which require collective efforts to address and overcome. Many historians have discussed the elements, details and factors of civilization. After the end of “Cold war” debate started among the intellectuals as well as policy makers in USA about the future shape of world politics. While participating in this debate, Samuel Philips Huntington wrote his renowned article “The Clash of Civilization?” in foreign Affairs in 1993. In this article, Huntington gave an interpretation about the future shape of world politics in the post-cold war era. He took difference in Civilization as one of the important source of conflicts in the world. In this article, Huntington’s theory “The Clash of Civilization?” has been critically analyzed in the context of contemporary international political system and Role of West in it. Huntington attempted to explain emerging structure of international politics and western Role in it, while taking civilization as unit of analysis. However Huntington is futuristic in his approach.