2018 Volume 42 Pages 9-19
In the Post-Cold War era, the End of History thesis proposed by F. Fukuyama and Clash of Civilizations theory by Samuel P. Huntington were two competing ideas concerning the framework of the world order. Which will be the dominant mode of world order, either a universal dominance of liberal democracy or the civilizational divide? This “Fukuyama-Huntington Question” has been the underlying issue in the study of Post-Cold war era global intellectual history. Political and intellectual history of the Arab world has been the crucial issue in assessing the validity of either frameworks. In this short proposition, liberal predicament of the Arab intellectuals in the modern condition is reaffirmed. Also Huntingtonian unitary vision of a Islamic Civilization is refuted by juxtaposing the alternative view of the Arab world order characterized by mosaic-like “Dots and Spots” mired with multiple divisions based on sectarian, tribal and national identities.
