Reddit mentions of The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order

If you still have some cash leftover after helping out with the other requests, I would love to have this book used would be fine.

Edit: Or this one :)

If you want to really punish/enlighten yourself, here's a decent chunk of the texts from the course list:

Nations and Nationalism (New Perspectives on the Past)

The Construction of Nationhood: Ethnicity, Religion and Nationalism (Wiles Lectures, 1996.)

The Brothertown Nation of Indians: Land Ownership and Nationalism in Early America, 1740-1840

Gendered Nations: Nationalisms and Gender Order in the Long Nineteenth Century

Building Europe: The Cultural Politics of European Integration

Britons: Forging the Nation 1707-1837; Revised Edition

The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order

Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism (New Edition)

Globalisms: The Great Ideological Struggle of the Twenty-first Century (Globalization)

You are looking at it from the cultural perspective of Westerner. Try to take a step back and look at it from their point of view. It's a bit uncomfortable, but it's necessary to appreciate their reality versus you own.
As to the invasion of Saudi Arabia, you bring up some very valid points, but miss one giant one. Like Iraq, the Saudi Government was oppressive, not free democracy, sponsored (or turned a blind eye to) terrorists within its ranks, and hated the USA. But, the Saudis play ball with American corporations as their dictators (the "king" and his relatives) sell out their nation for personal gain.

And for what it's worth, most Iraqis and most Afghans just go to work everyday and hang out in coffee bars..but we sure kicked their ass when they pissed us off...

If you get a chance, check out This Book to gain some insight into cultural differences. It actually predicted 9/11 to some extent.

Would you be interested in The Clash of Civilizations by Samuel Huntington in exchange for Brothers Karamazov? (I've read it like 3 times off my screen, I really would like a hard copy.)

http://www.amazon.ca/Clash-Civilizations-Remaking-World-Order/dp/0684844419

> That's the difference between civilized and uncivilized.

Right, so first of all accusing foreign cultures and people of being 'uncivilized' is so 19th century. It reeks of Eurocentrism and Western Imperialism.

But since were expressing offensive opinions: I think this is Barbaric, this too by the way.

This however, just might be progress