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Classics, classicism, civilization
In: Bulletin de la Classe des lettres et des sciences morales et politiques, Volume 18, Issue 7, p. 341-346
Global Sport : Identities, Societies, Civilizations
In: Loisir & société: Society and leisure, Volume 23, Issue 2, p. 514-516
ISSN: 1705-0154
Civilizations - conflict or dialogue?: [papers presented at the International Roundtable Discussion "Civilizations: Conflict or Dialogue?"]
In: Studies in international relations 24
L'Affaire Salman Rushdie: symptôme d'un « Clash of Civilizations »?
In: Études internationales, Volume 28, Issue 1, p. 27-45
ISSN: 1703-7891
Samuel Huntington proclaimed in an already well-known article ("Clash of Civilizations?") that deep incompatibilities between great civilizations will be the primary cause of future international conflicts. Conflicts will be cultural rather than economic or ideological. To test the validity of this claim, I analyse an international conflict which is truly cultural : the "Salman Rushdie Affair". This affair was provoked by the publication of Rushdie's novel, The Satanic Verses. By studying the motives of the actors in this event (the novelist Salman Rushdie, the imam Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini and the politician Margaret Thatcher), it seems at first sight that they were driven by political or financial interests. But a closer analysis shows that these actors were directed by cultural motivations. Does this prove that Huntington's thesis is right ? No, since even if the actors tried to defend a vision of their culture, there is no such a thing as monolithical civilizations but rather, there are only multicultural civilizations. Indeed, many people from the West refused to defend Rushdie, many Muslims condemned Khomeini's fatwa and Thatcher promoted only one aspect of Western political culture. Values are transnational and an Iranian may cherish the same values as an inhabitant of New York, while, on the other hand two Londonners living in the same flat dream about killing the other over the abortion issue.
A Canadian Alternative to the "Clash of Civilizations"
In: International Journal of Canadian Studies, Issue 37, p. 41
L'affaire Salman Rushdie: symptôme d'un "Clash of Civilizations"?
In: Études internationales: revue trimestrielle, Volume 28, p. 27-45
ISSN: 0014-2123
Whether the Iranian banning of Salman Rushdie's "Satanic Verses" and British condemning of this action was a political or cultural conflict. Summary in English.
History of the idea of civilization in France (1830 - 1870)
In: Studien zur abendländischen Geistes- und Gesellschaftsgeschichte 7
Peace and civilization: selections from the writings of Jacques Novicow
In: Garland library of war and peace
World Affairs Online
Enduring hardship: the Chinese laundry in Canada
In: Cultural studies paper 76
In: Mercury series