The clash of civilizations thesis asserts Western values are alien to Islamic societies.

Evidence

Modern-day Orientalists like Bernard Lewis and Samuel Huntington have argued that the conflict between the United States and the Middle East is a “clash of civilizations.” According to Huntington, who has done much to popularize this notion, “Western ideas of individualism, liberalism, constitutionalism, human rights, equality, liberty, the rule of law, democracy, free markets, the separation of church and state, often have little resonance in Islamic societies.” — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 134

Categorization

• XREF: Huntington’s clash of civilizations connects directly to Said’s Orientalism critique and Grosfoguel’s work on Islamophobia as a form of racialized othering. — connects to: Emphasizing essential cultural difference feeds the clash-of-civilizations frame — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of…, 256; Clash of civilizations framing located terrorism’s cause within Islam itself — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 266; Clash-of-civilizations rhetoric ideologically legitimized both foreign wars and domestic attacks — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 421

Broader Connections

• Emphasizing essential cultural difference feeds the clash-of-civilizations frame #expands (0.70) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 256
• Clash of civilizations framing located terrorism’s cause within Islam itself #expands (0.65) — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 266
• Clash-of-civilizations rhetoric ideologically legitimized both foreign wars and domestic attacks #expands (0.60) — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 421