Edward Said - The Myth of The Clash of Civilizations (1998)

In this important lecture delivered at the University of Massachusetts, Said takes aim at one of the central tenets of recent foreign policy thinking-- that conflicts between different and "clashing civilizations" (Western, Islamic, Confucian) characterize the contemporary world. "The real question is whether in the end we want to work for civilizations that are separate, or whether we should be taking the more integrative, but perhaps more difficult path, which is to see them as making one vast whole, whose exact contours are impossible for any person to grasp, but whose certain existence we can intuit and feel and study." -Edward Said Said argues that collapsing complex, diverse and contradictory groups of people into vast, simplistic abstractions has disastrous consequences. Presenting instead a vision of the "coexistence" of difference, Said concludes with the fundamental challenge that faces humanity at the turn of the millennium. Thanks to GrandPedh at demonoid for uploading. Tech Specs: General #0 FileSize/String : 374 MiB Format/String : Audio Video Interleave OveralBitRate/String : 1004 Kbps PlayTime/String : 52mn 3s Video #0 Codec/String : XviD Codec/Info : XviD project BitRate/String : 951 Kbps Width : 464 Height : 352 AspectRatio/String : 4/3 FrameRate/String : 29.97 fps Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.194 Audio #0 Codec/String : MPEG1/2 L3 Codec/Info : MPEG1 or 2 Audio Layer 3 BitRate/String : 40 Kbps Channel(s)/String : 2 channels SamplingRate/String : 24 KHz =============================================================================== Learn the true nature of the world, come visit our huge dedicated e-library and forums @ http://conspiracycentral.net:6969/index.html http://conspiracycentral.info/index.php ===============================================================================

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Gestalt (2006-12-01)

the real question is of course if huntington was right or wrong - not if it is good or bad. 6795 deadly jihadi terror attacks since 9/11 aren't exactly "abstractions".
http://www.thereligionofpeace.com/

malleusmalefica (2010-10-08)

Hi could someone please seed this? Thanks

alshoura (2010-10-14)

"6795 deadly jihadi terror attacks since 9/11 aren't exactly "abstractions".
Ah, brainwashing. Why didn't I think of it first? There are so many naive people in this world. A fool is the governement that wouldn't make use of so many "clean" brains :)

xkv (2014-08-31)

"the coexistence of difference"? Why on earth would we want to coexist with ideologies that glorify violence and oppress women? They need to be utterly destroyed in the marketplace of ideas. Ayaan Hirsi Ali FTW