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标题：Huntington or Halliburton? The Real Clash of Civilizations in American Life
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作者：Christine A. James
期刊名称：Journal for the Study of Religions and Ideologies
印刷版ISSN：1583-0039
出版年度：2010
卷号：3
期号：8
页码：43-54
语种：English
出版社：SACRI
摘要：A wide variety of sources, including the Huntington literature and popular mass media, show that Huntingtonís ìclash of civilizations idea actually has very little value in understanding the current global political context. The central assumption of Huntingtonís view, that cultural kinship ties influence loyalties and agreements on a global scale, has little to do with the daily lives of American citizens and little to do with the decisions made by the current presidential administration. The mass media evidence from the United States shows that the the most important ìkinshipî ties are not religious or cultural, but economic. The argument involves a deeper analy- sis of the current trend towards religious programs on American television, a timeline of events relating to the Halliburton ñ Cheney relationship, and views expressed by members of the United States military in Stars and Stripes.
关键词：Huntington, Halliburton, civilization, culture, Iraq, kinship, religion, television, mass media