문명충돌론과 문명대화론의 비교연구: 세계화의 인식론을 중심으로 = A Comparative Study on the Clash of Civilizations and Dialogue among Civilizations

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The controversy over the scientific rigor of the Clash of Civilizations or Dialogue among Civilizations is presumed to be a substitute for the previous controversy over the rigor of Huntington and Fukuyama analyses. All these arguments concern the ontology of the processes of globalization and its impact on the structure this article and processes of the present international system. The main argument of this article revolves around the claim that the difference between Huntington and Fukuyama`s analyses over the incoming processes of globalization is a matter of degree. But, the difference between their analyses and the one offered by Khatami is rather one of kind. Despite the fact that Khatami and Fukuyama are both idealists, from the epistemological perspective they manifest modernist and postmodernist paradigms of thought. Contrary to the former modernist approach, Khatami`s approach can be categorized as an Islamic variant of postmodern constructivism. For the modernists, the processes of globalization set the framework for the identical project of globalism. While for the postmodernists the procedure is viec versa. The ideational framework influences the processes of globalization and hence sets the conceptual framework for projects of environment. Huntington`s contribution fits well into the descriptive part of the new conceptual framework. It is a hard fact that most people in various civilizations are still motivated by the imperatives of the system of living. Thus, the positivist approach suffices to explain their present behavior. Khatami`s contribution fits the prescriptive part of this conceptual framework. One would wish to behave in a manner qualitatively different from other creatures.