Culture and Conflict in Global Perspective The Cultural
Dimensions of Global Conflicts 1945 to- 2007 1st edition 2010,
98 pages Has Samuel Huntington’s proposed “clash of
civilizations” actually happened in the post-1945 era? Events
such as 9/11 2001 or the crisis due to caricatures of Mohammed
might suggest it has. The topic of culture and conflict has been
the subject of fierce debate among scholars and the public alike
over the last two decades. The Bertelsmann Stiftung, which has
been committed to promoting international cultural dialogue for
many years now, is publishing “Culture and Conflict in Global
Perspective”, a theoretically-informed definition of cultural
conflicts and a world-wide mapping of such conflicts between
1945 and 2007. The publication is based on an empirical study
that explores in what conflicts cultural factors played a role
and to what extent they influenced the intensity of violence in
the respective conflicts. The study and the explanations derived
from it form an important instru