John R Reeve Int’l Seminar Paper 3 The first article entitle “The Summoning” by Fouad Ajami begins with a quote from Marlowe that emphasizes that all civilization has been affected by western ideas and thought. Immediately he attacks Huntington’s essay “The Clash of Civilizations?” Not only does he demolish the ideas set forth by Huntington, Ajami sets forth his own ideas on the current instability among nations. Ajami does not believe that civilizations will …showed first 75 words of 566 total…

…showed last 75 words of 566 total…a daunting thought and I am not sure that I believe it. His ideas seem to make much more sense. In looking in the pas! t it is hard to find anyone of a true ethnicity. No culture has been that isolated. History has had its’ score of quarrel but it also reminds us that we still exist and that humanity has an uncanny ability to learn and survive from previously made mistakes. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**