In light of Edward Said’s critique and the problems discussed in the lecture video, what do you think of Huntington’s thesis? Are we really in the midst of a “clash of civilizations,” or is something else going on?

In light of Edward Said’s critique and the problems discussed in the lecture video, what do you think of Huntington’s thesis? Are we really in the midst of a “clash of civilizations,” or is something else going on?
In your response, it is particularly useful to think about the relationship to Wallerstein’s ideas about the World System (core-center-periphery nations) and Anderson’s ideas about “imagined communities” (imagining ourselves and others through a framework of nations with national identities). Who are the people who make claims about what civilizations are and what they do? And how do they promote these ideas?

[Writing should be anywhere between 250-300 words; need to at least briefly introduce and summarize
the concepts you are addressing, but they also must go beyond summary and engage the concepts in a serious manner]

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