The Clash Between The West and Islam: A Critique and an Alternative

The purpose of this study is to scientifically deconstruct Samuel Huntington's Clash of Civilization discourse through a critique of its ideology and relate its political deployment after the Cold War within that particular phase in the development of capitalism gone global. In lieu of the fact that the Clash of Civilizations theory ideologically elevates tolerance between cultures to an ontological status, as the ultimate virtue and principle upon which cultural conflicts may be managed, the primary focus of my critique will be to critique tolerance as it applies to Huntington's Clash of Civilizations theory. I, therefore, embark on an extensive historical, philosophical and political analysis of tolerance to show that with Huntington it is nothing more than a discourse of naked imperialism. Simply put, the purpose of this research will be to contextualize the unwarranted success of the Clash of Civilization thesis, in which Islam is seen as the source of conflict in the world.