The polarity’s ‘clash of civilizations’ trope originated earlier with Bernard Lewis

Evidence

The phrase “clash of civilizations” was brought into common use by Huntington’s article, but it has its antecedent in a piece written three years earlier by the Orientalist Bernard Lewis that purported to trace “the roots of Muslim rage.” — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 558

Categorization

• DEFINE: Pinpoints that the culturally dominant frame lives in Huntington but the term came from Lewis’s ‘Muslim rage’ genealogy.
• CANDY: A trivia-grade tidbit: the over-cited Huntington phrase was prefigured by Lewis three years earlier.
• XREF: connects to: Bernard Lewis supplied the clash of civilizations thesis to American foreign policy — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 213; Bernard Lewis coined the phrase ‘clash of civilizations’, which Huntington popularized — Robert Irwin, For Lust of Knowing: The Orientalists…, 470; Huntington popularized a clash-of-civilizations thesis built on Lewis’s earlier Orientalist work. — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 234 (+1 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: Bernard Lewis supplied the clash of civilizations thesis to American foreign policy — Green, Todd H, The Fear of Islam_ An Introduction to…, 213; Bernard Lewis coined the phrase ‘clash of civilizations’, which Huntington popularized — Robert Irwin, For Lust of Knowing: The Orientalists…, 470; Huntington popularized a clash-of-civilizations thesis built on Lewis’s earlier Orientalist work. — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 234 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Bernard Lewis coined the phrase ‘clash of civilizations’, which Huntington popularized #corroborates (0.95) — Robert Irwin, For Lust of Knowing, 470
• Huntington popularized a clash-of-civilizations thesis built on Lewis’s earlier Orientalist work. #corroborates (0.94) — Khaled A. Beydoun, American Islamophobia_ Understanding…, 234