文明冲突论:被揭示的与被遮蔽的

The Clash of Civilizations: The Uncovered and the Obscured

亨廷顿的文明冲突论为分析21世纪初的全球政治提供了一个简明的框架,但未必如其所言般地准确。因为从亨廷顿的论证来看,在历史学意义上存在着基本的事实与逻辑错误,在国际政治学意义上掩盖了非西方与西方冲突背后的的利益指向和权力结构关系。所谓文明冲突论,特别是把矛头指向中国,是亨廷顿因不能正视西方文明的罪恶污秽面而对非西方文明产生的强迫性冷战意识,是殖民主义心理负担重压下的精神分裂性虚构。

Samuel P. Huntington's 'the clash of civilizations ' thesis seems to provide a clear-cut analytical framework for world politics in the 21 century. In closer examination, however, we find that his assertions might not be that valid. From history point of view, there are important factual and logical errors in his arguments. Meanwhile, he also obscures the interests and power conflicts that are latent behind the western and non-western conflicts. The so-called 'the clash of civilizations ' thesis , especially when China becomes the target, is actually a result of Huntington's compulsory Cold-War mentality due to his inability to face the negative side of the western civilization, and a schizophrenia fiction born out of the grave psychological pressure of colonialism.