The Peace on The Horizon - 75 Years after The World War 2 in the Middle East (144)

 

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Chapter 5: Two calendars (Gregorian & Hijri) (30)

 

144 Two books: “The End of History and the Last Man” & ”The Clash of Civilization and the Remaking of World Order” (4/5)

Prof. Fukuyama's "The End of History and the Last Man" was written being affected by the falling down of Berlin Wall in 1987 and the dissolution of Soviet Union in 1991. The United States became the super power of the world in 1990s. Socialism and communism were driven out and liberalism and capitalism became the de facto standard. His book symbolized such age. Meanwhile, it was sure that Huntington wrote "The clash of Civilization and the Remaking of World Order" under strong influence by the drastically changing history of the Middle East. They were the Iranian Revolution in 1979, the invasion and withdrawal of the Soviet Union in Afghanistan from 1980 to 1989, and the Gulf War in 1991.

 

These two philosophical books were published in the paradigm shift of dramatically changing history. Just at the same time, neoconservatism was emerged in the United States. The roots of neoconservatism dated back to the 1930's. And it grew up as a theoretical pillar of the political party which opposed to the Detent (Release from tension) with the Soviet Union during the Cold War. The Jewish lobby in the United States supported the neoconservatism.

 

Senator Barry Goldwater who was the Republican presidential candidate in 1964 made the speech which was enthusiastically supported by conservatives. Senator Goldwater told that; "The radicalism for defending freedom was not a vice in any way. But the moderatism in search of justice was not a virtue in any way". The conservatism became the mainstream of the Republican Party.

 

(To be continued ----)

 

 

Areha Kazuya

(From an ordinary citizen in the cloud)