Civilizations have always clashed and will continue to clash,in many respect almost all historical confrontations in the past have had this contest between civilizations,as their underlying factor.Societies,world over,have always contended each other over the distribution of resources,the power that enables societies to exercise the right to distribute this resource to its advantage,as against other contenders,is one of the primary factors that enabled societies to amalgamate and mobilize into cultural groups,Civilizations represents the broad expressions of these common cultural groups.
Civilization as an instigator of this social mobilization over a cultural landscape,seeks to expand the space and scope of this cultural space,this is how civilizations have,and always will,clashed.All the major hots spots of the world today,south Asia,the far east,Middle East,Central Asia,the Mediterranean,western-eastern Europe,predominantly Europeans societies who dominate the Americas..etc,have always been,from a historical perspective,political hot spots, as each dominant civilization jostled with each other for socio-political space.
However unlike the old times,where clash between contending civilizations was often restricted to two contiguous players,which often didn't have any cascading repercussion of other civilizational zones,the current clash, for which civilizations are being primed up, has truly global consequences.Moreover the clear cultural divides,which defined the old clashes, have today become blurred,making this conflagration truly enigmatic.
As far as India's role and place in this epic struggle,the civilizational fault line,most likely, will map itself on the contours of the historical Hindu civilization.The attitude and national cohesion of the Hindu society,as the dominant society,will pretty much determine how broadly successful India will be in defending and strengthening its civilizational space.If the Sino-Islamic combination presents an ever growing and immediate threat,then must look up for alliances that can assist us in mitigation this threat,India's' increasing ties with Russia,Europe,israel,USA,reflects this opportunity.
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