Based on a review by Sébastien Abis
To counter acquiescence in the widespread notion of a putative ‘clash of civilizations’, French philosopher and sociologist Raphaël Liogier has, in his latest book, provided a sound, impressively argued analysis that is diametrically opposed to the arguments of Samuel Huntington. According to Liogier-and this is a thread running through his work-‘we have, conversely, for centuries been seeing the roll-out of a global civilization.’
The language of tho...