الإسلام والغرب: نحو عالم أفضل

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The Clash of Civilizations: a Conflictology Perspectives

inaccuracy” (5) . Most empirical studies published recently in the field of conflictology (6) , which addressed international conflicts of the past decades, led to results that tend to invalidate the thesis and showed that the frequency of conflicts between groups from different civilizations did not register any significant relative increase in the post-Cold War era. There is no one single conflict between the Muslim world and the Western world – as monolithic blocs – that could be attributed exclusively or mainly to culture. There are however various conflicts between parties form the Muslim world and other parties form the Western world. These can be explained within the framework of history and geography, by considering ideological, political and economic factors. Muslims’ perception of the West differs from one region to another and from one class to another within the same society, according to the level of contact and the degree of friction with Western civilization. Similarly, the Western perception of the Muslim world is not the same in different countries, social spheres and ideological currents; it is correlated to the level of knowledge of the Islamic civilization. If we consider for example the Algerian and Egyptian perceptions of France and Great Britain, we notice that they are in opposition. Another example is www.islamonline.net/Arabic/politics/2002/03/article16.shtml (6) a) Erik Gartzke and Kristian Skrede Gleditsch. Identity and Conflict: Ties that Bind and Differences that Divide. European Journal of International Relations 12(1):53-87 (2006). b) Andrej Tusicisny. Civilizational Conflicts: More Frequent, Longer, and Bloodier? Journal of Peace Research 41(4):485-498 (2004). c) Giacomo Chiozza. Is There a Clash of Civilizations? Evidence from Patterns of International Conflict Involvement, 1946-97. Journal of Peace Research 39(6):711- 734 (2002). d) E. A. Henderson and R. Tucker. Clear and Present Strangers: The Clash of Civilizations and International Conflict. International Studies Quarterly 45(2):317-338 (2001). e) Jonathan Fox. Two Civilizations and Ethnic Conflict: Islam and the West. Journal of Peace Research 38(4):459-472 (2001). f) Bruce M. Russett, John R. Oneal and Michaelene Cox. Clash of Civilizations, or Realism and Liberalism Déjà Vu? Some Evidence. Journal of Peace Research 37(5):583-608 (2000). ( ٥ ) ﻤﺤﻤﺩ ﺒﺭﺍﻭ . ﺍﻹﺴﻼﻡ ﻭﺍﻟﻐﺭﺏ : ﺼﺩﺍﻡ ﺃﻡ ﺤﻭﺍﺭ؟ ﻨﻘﺩ ﻨﻤﻭﺫﺝ ﺼﺭﺍﻉ ﺍﻟﺤﻀﺎﺭﺍﺕ . ﻤﺎﺭﺱ ٢٠٠٢ . ﺍﻟﻤﺼﺩﺭ :

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