Samuel Huntington's civilization paradigm. A way to understand the contemporary problems of the West? Cover Image

Paradygmat cywilizacyjny Samuela P. Huntingtona Droga do zrozumienia współczesnych problemów Zachodu?
Samuel Huntington's civilization paradigm. A way to understand the contemporary problems of the West?

Author(s): Grzegorz Bednarczyk
Subject(s): History, Social Philosophy, Philosophy of Science, Methodology and research technology, Social development, Social differentiation
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej
Keywords: civilization paradigm; philosophy of history; philosophy of science; methodology of history; contemporary history; Samuel P. Huntington;

Summary/Abstract: The article represents a methodological analysis of the civilization paradigm as perceived by Samuel Huntington. The analysis is based on statistical studies of the demographic situation in countries identified with the western civilization and those of the Islamic world. The research dwells on studies referred to by Huntington himself in the mid-nineties as well as on findings dealing with present-day realities. The thesis considered right and endorsed by the American scholar is that young and fast-growing populations constitute the driving force of breakthrough historic developments.

  • Issue Year: 2017
  • Issue No: 21
  • Page Range: 29-60
  • Page Count: 32
  • Language: Polish