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'''Samuel P. Huntington''' is a [[Harvard]] [[professor]] of [[political science]],<ref>http://www.gov.harvard.edu/faculty/shuntington/</ref> famous for writing the provocative book [[Clash of Civilizations|''The Clash of Civilizations the Remaking of the World Order'']],<ref>http://www.amazon.com/Clash-Civilizations-Remaking-World-Order/dp/0684844419</ref> which hypothesized that, in the post-[[Cold War]] era, international conflict will be defined by clashes between diametrically opposed [[civilization|civilizations]]. To support his argument, Huntington broke the world down into five civilizations, and analyzed recent conflicts between the groups.
Huntington's thesis is widely criticized in academic circles, but popularly admired.
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