any thoughts on this ?
This is the first of a two-part series about inter-civilizational immigration There is a global migration, particularly from poorer nations to the wealthier -- usually to western countries -- that is approaching tsunami proportions. It is being called multiculturalism, but that truly is a misnomer.
Cultures are grouping of peoples, such as Germans, French, Swedish and Americans. All of these Western cultures co-exist in harmony fairly well, have (more or less) compatible value systems and can communicate between themselves. While these are multicultural, they are all within a single civilization.
Civilizations are greater than cultures
The concept of civilizations was best described by Harvard's Samuel P. Huntington in his ground-breaking book, "The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order."
Huntington identified the six great global civilizations: Sinic (Chinese), Japanese, Hindu, Islamic, Western and Latin. He reluctantly allows that there might be a seventh, African, although more and more of Africa is becoming Islamic.
Huntington's concept allows us to more clearly examine the issues and conflicts of what the media mistakenly calls multiculturalism. It should be called multi-civilizational, caused by global immigration, particularly during the past two decades.
Huntington refines his analysis to pinpoint three in particular which have considerable difficulty in harmonizing. He identifies the dominant characteristic of each, which is the cause of their ongoing antagonism. They are Sinic, which is the most assertive; Islamic, which is the most intolerant; and Western, which is the most arrogant (led by the U.S.).
Huntington's analysis shows that the differences of the ideological, theological and historical attributes (and to a much lesser extent, language) cause the antagonism
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