Summary: The Islamic revolution of Iran quickly spread Islamic Awakening. This movement brought about reactions in the west in both the intellectual and the practical arenas. On the intellectual side thoughts emerged which were given the title of the ‘clash of civilizations.’ Maybe Huntington’s sentence: “The future is for Islam and Islam will make the west fall,” clarifies which side will win for all of the politicians in the west.
When the Second World War ended the powers that be established a temporary union so that they could benefit more from their victories in peace and divide the power better between each other. On the one side they wanted peace and on the other they were after more power and wealth by moving ahead of their adversaries. This caused the cold war between the East and the West.
During the cold war years, especially at the beginning, there was a sort of grouping between the East and the West. The Western countries sided with each other just like the Eastern countries did. The Liberal west with America at its head was more successful in taking out its socialist neighbors so that socialism would not influence the west.
The scholars of the liberal powers intellectually stood up to the socialists next to the military. They used the term modernization for this. This style of thought was sent to most third world countries. Most of these western scholars confessed in the 1990s that bringing modernization to the third world was not done completely. They only gave some thoughts and plans to the countries so that they would be on the way to modernization but would never get there. The reason behind this is that they did not want these countries to be competitors to America and to keep them forever reliant on the west.
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letterstoadyingdream said,
June 22, 2008 at 5:12 am
I think you forgot to mention that eastern Europe did not side with the Soviet union so much as was subjugated by and forced to side with the soviets.
On you other point it isn’t any countries job or obligation to modernize another country that is the countries job. So what if the west didn’t bring enough (or give you enough money) to your country be thankful for what you got and try to do something for yourselves.
I think you forgot to mention that eastern Europe did not side with the Soviet union so much as was subjugated by and forced to side with the soviets.
On you other point it isn’t any countries job or obligation to modernize another country that is the countries job. So what if the west didn’t bring enough (or give you enough money) to your country be thankful for what you got and try to do something for yourselves.
Your last statement is utter bullshit. What America didn’t give you enough money and charity because they didn’t want “competition”? How about this maybe they should not have given your country anything.
abunakhli said,
June 22, 2008 at 6:36 am
Just to let you know – I’m American. Also, I dont think you got the whole idea of modernization – did you read the whole article on http://www.insight-info.com ?
domanson said,
August 4, 2008 at 4:05 pm
What many don’t realize is the influence of the Cold War on political correctness in the United States. In Deep Thinking The Human Condition, by S.A. Odunsi on humanrethink.net we find out the origins of PC and how it was created in response to conditions caused by the Cold War.