De la Guerra Fría al Choque de Civilizaciones

Nacionalismo y milenarismo en la obra de Samuel P. Huntington

Abstract

In his extended academic trajectory, S.P. Huntington has produced a work that has unique relevance for the contemporary debates in political science. In this essay two readings are developed: on the one hand, the point is to understand his work in its own terms, identifying its central ideas and its theoretical and political orientation; on the other, the aim is to develop a critical analysis of these very ideas and orientations. The open controversial and polemic character of the author makes the reading of his work a stimulating exercise for critical thinking and an inevitable reference on the current debates about political development, democracy,multiculturalism and American foreign policy.