World writers contest the clash-of-civilizations model that liberal Western novelists accept

Evidence

Whereas writers such as Ian McEwan, Martin Amis, and company arguably take on board the clash-of-civilizations model and write from within its assumptions—explaining or lamenting seemingly irrecoverable difference and taking a stand for so-called Western values—Nadeem Aslam and Kamila Shamsie might more truly be termed world or global writers. — Peter Morey, Islamophobia and the Novel, 384

Categorization

• DEFINE: Sharpens the distinction between ‘clash-of-civilizations’ novelists and ‘world/global’ writers in Morey’s critical vocabulary.
• XREF: Connects directly to Hamid (The Reluctant Fundamentalist) and Naqvi (Home Boy) as possible ‘world writers’ contesting the clash model.