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The Clash of Ignorance Edward W. Said Samuel Huntingtons article The Clash of Civilizations? appeared in the Summer 1993 issue of Foreign Affairs, where it immediately attracted a surprising amount of attention and reaction. Because the article was intended to supply Americans with an original thesis about a new phase in world politics after the end of the cold war, Huntingtons terms of argument seemed compellingly large, bold, even visionary. He very clearly had his eye on rivals in the policy-making ranks, theorists such as Francis Fukuyama and his end of history ideas, as well as the legions who had celebrated the onset of globalism, tribalism and the dissipation of the state. But they, he allowed, had understood only some aspects of this new period. He was about to announce the crucial, indeed a central, aspect of what global politics is likely to be in the coming years. Unhesitatingly he pressed on: About the Author Edward W. Said We mourn the loss of Edward Said, who passed away on the morning of Thursday, September 25, 2003. Edward W. Said, the... Also by The Author [ Click for More ] The Essential Terrorist (Essays) With the war on terror now official nomenclature, theproblematic conflating of ethnic, religious and terrorist identitiesis now a matter of policy as well as media distortion. In a 1986 bookreview, Edward Said argues presciently against thedangerous terrorism craze--dangerous because it consolidates theimmense, unrestrained pseudopatriotic narcissism we are nourishing. Edward W. Said A Configuration of Themes (Poetry) This essay--Edward W. Saids first piece for The Nation from the magazines May 30, 1966, issue--is a special selection from The Nation Digital Archive. If you want to read everything The Nation has ever published by Said, click here for information on how to acquire individual access to the Archive--an electronic database of every Nation article since 1865. Edward W. Said Related Topics Bernard Lewis Eqbal Ahmad Francis Fuku