The clash of civilizations theory rearticulated the Orientalist binary of Islam versus the West.
Evidence
This chapter examines the period immediately before the formal emergence of modern Islamophobia on September 11, 2001. This era witnessed the rearticulation of the Orientalist binary that pitted Islam and the Middle East—imagined as one monolithic civilization—against the West, a geopolitical theory known as a “clash of civilizations.” The theory became an immensely influential essay-turned-book by Harvard University political scientist Samuel P. Huntington. — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 217
Categorization
- DEFINE: Names the origin of ‘clash of civilizations’ — Huntington’s essay-turned-book — as the theory driving this pre-9/11 era.
- XREF: Provides the analytical frame linking to the reader’s other sources on the Islamophobia apparatus. — connects to: Nineteenth-century Orientalism traded Enlightenment universalism for a hierarchy of civilizations. — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 193; Demographic projections of Muslim growth are reframed as an intentional weapon against the West. — Margaret Hodson, Baby Jihad, 27; Emphasizing essential cultural difference feeds the clash-of-civilizations frame — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 256 (+13 more)
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 217
Broader Connections
- Huntington repackaged Orientalist binaries into a new lexicon of civilizational clash.
#corroborates(0.85) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 229 - Huntington popularized a clash-of-civilizations thesis built on Lewis’s earlier Orientalist work.
#expands(0.70) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 234