A Study on Samuel P. Huntington and Edward W. Said Erdem Kilic

In this study, ideas of two great thinkers who affected the thoughts of Western world will be discussed. At first, you will find a summary of 'The Fault Lines Between Civilizations' by Samuel P. Huntington and then a comparative study of Samuel P. Huntington's and Edward W. Said's thoughts. The article entitled 'The Clash of Ignorance' by Edward W. Said will be used as the basic source of Said's thoughts. Finally, I will make my …

…world. It is nonsense to put the Scandinavian culture, which has not participated in wars as much as the rest of Europe, and the Anglo-Saxon culture, which almost controls the whole world, in the same category. As a result there are many other factors that shape the culture of a community. Thus, it is not as simple as Huntington tries to make us believe to make such distinctions between the current civilizations of the world.