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| Civilization: A civilization is an advanced human society characterized by complex social, cultural, and technological development, often marked by achievements in areas like art, science, governance, and architecture. It denotes a high level of cultural sophistication._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Samuel P. Huntington on Civilization - Dictionary of Arguments
Brocker I 841 Civilization/Huntington: Huntington develops a simple structural concept through which civilizations and cultural boundaries can be made tangible theoretically. A "member state" sees itself entirely as the bearer of a single civilization, while the "source" of each civilizational unit can be found in one or more "core states".(1) While the western civilization of our time originates from a North American and a German-French core, Latin American, Islamic and African civilization are without a core state. In addition, "lonely countries" such as Ethiopia, Haiti or Japan lack cultural links to other civilisations. (2) Examples of "torn states: Sudan, Kemalist Turkey, Tsarist Russia since Peter the Great. Thesis: Never in the history of cultures has it been possible to bring "artificial" references to civilization under the aegis of political leadership. (3) Brocker I 847 Civilization in the singular: as (...) a principle of commonalities, states should formulate shared values and principles in order to promote "civilization in the singular, i.e. civilized life" (4). See Culture/Huntington. 1. Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order, New York 1996. Dt.: Samuel P. Huntington, Kampf der Kulturen. Die Neugestaltung der Weltpolitik im 21. Jahrhundert, München/Wien 1998 (zuerst 1996).S. 211 2. Ibid. p. 213 3. Ibid. p. 218. 4. Ibid. p. 528 Philipp Klüfers/Carlo Masala, „Samuel P. Huntington, Kampf der Kulturen“, in: Manfred Brocker (Hg.) Geschichte des politischen Denkens. Das 20. Jahrhundert. Frankfurt/M. 2018_____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
PolHunt I Samuel P. Huntington The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order New York 1996 Brocker I Manfred Brocker Geschichte des politischen Denkens. Das 20. Jahrhundert Frankfurt/M. 2018 |
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