THE CLASH OF CIVILIZATIONS AND THE REMAKING OF WORLD ORD

For those of us who are interested in world politics and how civilizations play a critical role in redefining international borders, this book is a must read.Sharing with you some of the thoughts in this book I particularly like :1) We know who we ARE only when we know who we are NOT and often only when we know whom we are AGAINST.2) Civilizations are the biggest WE within which we feel culturally at home, as distinguished from all other THEMS.3) In fundamental ways, the world is becoming more Modern and less Western.4) The revival of non-western religions is not a rejection of modernity, rather it is a westoxification of non-western societies.5) Friedburg suggests, Europe's past is Asia's future. More precisely, Asia's past is Asia's future.Rating - immaterial when the author is a reputed Harvard professor.

Read it for understanding what is happening in the world.........Page quality is not upto mark...........

Nice book.

Well versed research. In depth research with data and charts to back things up. A very nice analysis of things which we hardly ever think of are happening around us.

The work is insightful. One may start to develop a cosmopolitan outlook after studying this. However, this is not to say that there are no genuine academic criticisms of the work.

I have just started it. The language is tough. Longer sentences makes is hard to understand.

Very good analysis of world politics, do not miss if you are serious reader.The so-called bestsellers like "Why Nations Fail" and "Origins of Political Order" do not explain things like this. They go into too much history, x-y chromosomes, and so on.

A must Read for Sociologists Anthropologists and Politics or International Relations Students.. General Audience with an interest for history can try too.