How viable and true is Huntington's thesis about the clash of civilizations?

Question

Huntington, a prominent scholar, has framed his realist perception into a prophecy like thesis called " Clash of Civilizations". In his theory, he believes that the clash between nations and states is based on religious and idological reasons rather than political or economic. How far is that true?

Answer 1

Huntington's thesis can be proven correct if the populace of the various states is fed a lot of racist propaganda, and misinformation about other religions and cultures.Then we can have the clash or war. It's happening right now in the US.

I can understand how a country can gain something politically or economically such as control of territory or resources. But what does it stand to gain from an ideological or religious war? That's why I think propaganda and playing to fears is needed, because there's no real winner in an ideological war.

Answer 2

Well, Hegel before him tried to to describe it as " clash of powres".Marx put it in the forum of "clash of classes" Clash of Civilization is groundless its based on myths. But the real clash is going to be between the have and the have not its economic.

Answer 3

Political and ideological are two in the same so his hypothesis was wrong from the start.