Throughout the years many people have tried to explain and help others’ comprehend the topic of the clash of civilizations. Huntington’s explanation, which is configured in the forms of an essay and a book, explains the event between certain civilizations is immanent because of the observations and data he has gathered. Now the idea that my group and I share relates to that but goes off into a slightly different direction. Both share one common ideal: culture has the power to bring us together or tear us apart.
Huntington covers the basic of the world being separated into 7 divisions in different parts of the world and the particular “distinctions among peoples are [no longer] ideological, political, or economic. They are cultural.” …show more content…
Walt in his article Culture clashes, and What I Learned from My Grandparents Old Neighborhood, human pride of everything you stand for takes the reins in thinking a foreigner’s beliefs are as great as the ones you share with others in you community. Often the beliefs of a group of community are seen as something “sacred and fundamental” and “Must be defended by outsiders” (3) but these beliefs are not concrete. They always influenced by “the ideas, norms, values and behaviors of others” seen around them. (7). “The only way to keep a culture pure and unchanging is to isolate its members from outside influences” however since the world is becoming interconnected with technology, that technique is no longer effective. (8). The United States is an example of a culture openly accepting new ideals and weaving them in the fabric known as American society. Though America is not a “one way street” when it comes to new things, the diversity creates problems but it is argued that is “what makes it so interesting to live here”. (9,10). If we were all the same life would be desolate and unsatisfying. Coeval global conflict “seems to be occurring within civilizations and not between them” as Huntington had specified resting on the “tragic error” of “the belief that it is both necessary and possible to defend one’s own group’s values against the values of others, instead of welcoming the fruitful interaction that cultural exchange can produce.” …show more content…
Because of the ideals of Islamic culture being restricted and not being open to women having untraditional roles in religion life carrying as insignificant as not being able to drive. The men of the country see this pro-driving campaign as an object that would be bound to result in “ruined marriages, a low birthrate, the spread of adultery, and more car accidents” not leading to any positive outcomes. (17). They only want to keep the women of the country stagnate to prevent change of their rights and their culture but the women of the country see this issue in a different view. The women of this country do not want to change their society causing a revolution, they just want the freedom to “ do something as small as get myself a cappuccino or something as grand as taking my child to the emergency room,” letting them fulfill their basic needs that they are not able to do because it is against the law. (4). Despite that, the media has been prominent in gaining support from other women and outside sources “receiving videos and messages from dozens of women saying they had driven to support the cause.” (11). Now more and more women are being successful in driving to and