Fukuyama
The first article entitle “The Summoning” by Fouad Ajami begins with a quote from Marlowe that emphasizes that all civilization has been affected by western ideas and thought. Immediately he attacks Huntington’s essay “The Clash of Civilizations?” Not only does he demolish the ideas set forth by Huntington, Ajami sets forth his own ideas on the current instability among nations. Ajami does not believe that civilizations will clash over race and does not acknowledge the “de-westernization” of societies. He believes that Huntington places far too much emphasis on tradition. “We have been hearing from traditionalists, but we should not exaggerate their power, for traditions are often more insistent and loud when they rupture, when people no longer really b . . .
History has had its’ score of quarrel but it also reminds us that we still exist and that humanity has an uncanny ability to learn and survive from previously made mistakes. I see this article as a welcomed alternative to the fairly depressing world that Huntington has prescribed for us. elieve and when age-old customs lose their ability to keep men and women at home. This country is strife with conflict. He argues that we have not entered the end of history but we are still evolving. He points out that conflict arises when ethnicities are more alike than they are dissimilar. In “The End of Progressivism” Eisuke Sakakibara again looks over the history of conflict and does not believe that conflict comes from sheer ethnicity alone. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** . ” His ideas on tradition clearly undercut Huntington’s ideas on the re-emergence of tribalism. He points to the example of China’s social market economy. His ideas seem to make much more sense. The article was more economically focused than I expected but the data that he provide supports his arguments well. In “the Myth of Global Ethnic Conflict”, John R. He also denies the premise made by Fukuyama.
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