THE CONFLICT OF CIVILIZATIONS - IS IT MYTH OR REALITY?

Аннотация

As soon as the bipolar system of the global order collapsed, all of a sudden on
a scene of a history appeared a star called “a phenomenon of civilizations”. This
phenomenon became the most discussed issue because previously it remained
behind a veil of two systems. As soon as the veil of bipolar system of the global
order was taken off of “a phenomenon of civilizations”, it became the center of
gravity for intellectuals and politicians in their searches of the decision for the
current problems of the present time as well as the ones that will exist for the
mankind in the future. The American intellectual elite, as is it known, has set the
tone to this kind of discussions on the subject. It is also worth mentioning that the
greatest resonance in all corners of the world was caused by the concepts which
were put forward by the American researchers F. Fukuyama and S. Huntington.
The essence of the concept of F. Fukuyama entitled «The End of History» is that
after the disappearance of a bipolar system as a global order, there has come an era
of undivided power of western liberal and to be more correct – neo-liberal
civilization, which is capable to solve all the problems – economic, social and
cultural, that were tormenting the mankind from the beginning of the times.
Therefore, the neo-liberal civilization is a crown of a history. It, in its own way,
concludes the process of historical development of the mankind.