The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order by Samuel P. Huntington

 

About the book

Based on the author's seminal article "The Clash of Civilizations?" in Foreign Affairs, Samuel P. Huntington's The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order is a provocative and prescient analysis of the state of world politics after the fall of communism. In this incisive work, the renowned political scientist explains how "civilizations" have replaced nations and ideologies as the driving force in global politics today and offers a brilliant analysis of the current climate and future possibilities of our world's volatile political culture.

 

 

 

 

Speaker:

Professor C. F. Lee 李焯芬教授

 

Moderator:

Dr. A. W. Ferguson 彭仁賢博士

 

Commentators:

Professor Chang Hsin-kang 張信剛教授
(Chairman of the Cultural and Heritage Commission; President City University of Hong Kong )
Professor Cheng Kai-ming 程介明教授
(Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong)
Professor R. Hoosain
(Department of Psychology, the University of Hong Kong)

Language: English
Date: Wednesday, 30 January 2002
Time: 7:15 - 9:00 pm
Venue: Main Library

 

Synopsis

In his National Bestseller The Clash of Civilization and the Remaking of World Order, Samuel Huntington predicted a periodic clash of three civilizations in the new century, namely the West, the Islamic World, and Asia (led by the rise of China). This informal talk will outline Huntington's hypothesis, for the purpose of group discussions.

 

About the Speaker

Professor Lee graduated from the University of Hong Kong in 1968. He subsequently received his Master's degree from the University of Hong Kong in 1970 and a Ph.D. from the University of Western Ontario, Canada in 1972.

He then worked for Ontario Hydro in Canada for some 20 years, building dams and nuclear power plants. He has been a consultant to the Three Gorges Project and other energy and infrastructure projects in China for the past two decades.

Professor Lee joined his alma mater in 1994, where he is now a Pro-Vice-Chancellor and a Chair Professor in Geotechnical Engineering. He also serves on an array of government and non-government boards and committees. He is the Chairman of the Board of Hong Kong Institute for Promotion of Chinese Culture and a member of the Culture and Heritage Commission, the Research Grants Council, the Slope Safety Technical Review Board, the Provisional Construction Industry Co-ordination Board, etc.