Střet civilizací – Huntington Samuel P. (2001)

The book by a leading American political scientist, which has been translated into all world languages, is a penetrating analysis of the state of world politics after the end of the Cold War, where the driving forces are no longer nation-states and ideologies, but rather civilizations defined by religious, legal, and cultural traditions. Global politics will be shaped primarily by cultural differences, and if wars break out, they will involve entire civilizations. It is precisely at the intersection of these cultures in 'fault lines' that potential hotspots for conflicts may arise, which could escalate into inter-civilizational clashes. Huntington warns against the expansion and escalation of these conflicts and thoroughly analyzes the reasons that lead to them: changes in the balance of power between the West and the former colonial areas of the Third World, the economic, military, and political rise of Asian civilizations, the cultural turn of non-Western societies towards domestic traditions, demographic explosion, and conflicts triggered by the militancy of Islam and the rise of China. Huntington not only analyzes and describes the future direction of development but also calls for shaping the future. At the end of his general analysis of the geopolitical situation, he recommends that the West reassess its foreign policy, deepen the unity of the West, that...