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    Samuel P. Huntington shocked the world in 1993 when he published “The Clash of Civilizations” in the journal of Foreign Affairs. Huntington states “most important conflicts of the future will occur along the cultural fault lines separating these civilizations from one another” (Huntington 1993‚ 25). He claims future conflicts after the Cold War will involve divides‚ disagreement and splits between cultures‚ races‚ religious beliefs. Huntington states his theory as “the fundamental source of conflict

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    response‚ a new western educated elite arose and carried out reforms under Mahmud II. The aim was to secure the empire by upgrading its military to a level on par with European standards. This would allow the empire to hold its own against the west. Westernization eventually spread across various institutions during the Tanzimat era‚ where

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    when regarding predicting the future‚ however many theorists and writers continuously attempt to predict what will end up happening. Samuel P. Huntington‚ a professor who taught at Harvard University‚ wrote a thesis titled The Clash of Civilizations‚ becoming yet another educated theorist attempting to understand future relations among civilizations. However‚ Huntington creates an interesting hypothesis that person’s cultural and religious beliefs will become the key source of conflict throughout the

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    Samuel P. Huntington is the author of the theoretical book “Clash of civilization”‚ which caught people’s attention after the 11th of September attack. The book questions the future‚ and what will be the cause of a World War III‚ and who will be the next enemy of the nation after the cold – World War II. Huntington main point is that the world will not be divided by ideology or economic difference but by the cultural and ethnical differences between countries‚ or more specifically the West and the

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    Zhengyang Zhang Ms. Granahan ERWC March 6 2016 Annotated Bibliography Levy Jr.‚ Marion J. "Confucianism And Modernization." Society 29.4 (1992): 15. MasterFILE Complete. Web. 10 Mar. 2016. Confucianism has influences over many countries‚ majorly in Asia. Some of the elements we associate with Confucianism was developed almost 2500 years ago. These are principally: the place of the family system in the general structure of society; the role of ancestor worship in religion; and the role of ancestor

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    Manufacturing Systems in the Modernization of Manufacturing Manufacturing system‚ to understand manufacturing system it is first essential to appreciate the context of manufacturing. Manufacturing is the organized activity devoted to the tranformation of raw materials into marketable goods (B.Wu‚ 1996). Manufacturing is the transformation of material into something useful and portable. In the sector of industry‚ manufacturing is called a secondary industry‚ because this is the sector of a nation’s

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    In his letter‚ eighteenth century writer‚ Samuel Johnson constructs his rejection of a woman seeking his assistance in convincing the archbishop of Canterbury to admission to a university. Formal and detached‚ Johnson conveys his unwillingness to fulfill the mother’s request through the implementation of definition‚ tone shift‚ and logical appeal. Samuel Johnson pursues a sensitive approach and begins his letter by addressing the mother’s hopeful feelings‚ defining them as “the chief happiness

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    a strong‚ authoritative argument‚ the best thing to do is read author Samuel Johnson’s (the most fascinating‚ distinguished poet and lexicographer) response from the excerpt “Debtor’s Prison.” The publication of the letter is concerns referring to people being sent to prison for not paying their debt. It is said‚ “an enquiry is made by which it appears that more than twenty thousand are at this time prisoners for debt‚” (Samuel Johnson) (Lines 3-5). Most people would agree with the fact that no one

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    Samuel Huntington’s highly organized approach in The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order‚ lends to his highly comprehensive analysis of modern day war. With the end of the Cold War marking a new era in world conflict‚ he asserts that global politics have been “reconfigured along cultural lines”. (19) Expanding on his original article‚ The Clash which appeared in the July 1993 issue of Foreign Affairs‚ he successfully endeavors to demonstrate in Part I how global politics have

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    Towards the end of the 17th century‚ Russia began undergoing dramatic‚ yet selective‚ internal changes. Peter the Great led the first westernization of Russia in history‚ permanently changing Russia and providing a model from which westernization attempts elsewhere were based on. Westernization was used by Peter and his successors to promote Russia’s expansionist empire without intending to transform Russia into a truly Western society. By the end of the 17th century‚ Russia had become one of the

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