INTRODUCTIONIn 1992, at a conference, Samuel P. Huntington proposed a theory that suggests that people's cultural and religious identities will undoubtedly be the primary source of conflict in the post-Cold War world, this theory is known as the clash of civilizations. Therefore, this essay offers a critique of this theory, whether or not I agree with it, as well as the aspects I like or dislike about the theory as a whole. Generally, culture and self-identities are the first and by far one of the most important aspects. that people consider in their lives because they give them meaning. People want to know who they are, where they come from and also where they are going. However, Huntington said that it is precisely these same cultural identities that constitute the primary source of conflict within civilizations. He adds that in the process of searching for their cultural identity, people encounter new, but often old, identities. In other words, they then march under new but old flags, which eventually leads to war with their new but old enemies (Huntington, 1996). I disagree with the reason, because it may not always be true that when people discover their cultural identity, they then come into conflict with their former enemies, even though they may still have a empty with them. It can be said that people are resistant to change, but not in all cases. Let's take apartheid in South Africa as an example. If indeed things happened as Huntington suggests, then it would be easier to believe that apartheid would persist in South Africa. The fact that the end of apartheid has taken place, that people have regained their culture and their identity, has not as such led to new conflicts. This is evident throughout the South...... middle of paper ...... primarily leading to the replacement of superpower rivalry with the clash of civilizations. Conversely, it clearly shows that in this particular new world, global politics will then become the politics of civilizations while local politics will become the politics of ethnicity (Huntington, 1996). More importantly, it is cited that the most serious and dangerous conflicts will arise between any country. other than people belonging to different cultural entities, especially those located along the fault lines between civilizations. The reason is that they are all searching for identities and as Huntington once said, there is no way to love what you are unless you hate what you are. we are not, hence the awakening of conflicts. In their quest for identity, they hate what they are not so that they can love more deeply what they are., 1996