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Topic·Clash of civilizations✕clear

East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet.

Rudyard Kipling

The Ballad of East and West · 1889

★ 7.5

We are a facing a mood and a movement far transcending the level of issues and policies and the governments that pursue them. This is no less than a clash of civilization-the perhaps irrational but surely historic reaction of an ancient rival against our Judeo-Christian heritage, our secular preseent, and the worldwide expansion of both.

1990

★ 1.7