Sociologist James Jesudason from the Colorado School of Mines in the US joins us this week in conversation about the controversial “clash of civilization” thesis by Samuel Huttington. He famously noted that “In the emerging world of ethnic conflict and civilizational clash, Western belief in the universality of Western culture suffers three problems: it is false; it is immoral and it is dangerous.”

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