Editing Westernization (section)

===Samuel P. Huntington===
In contrast to territorial delineation, others, like the American political scientist [[Samuel P. Huntington]] in ''[[The Clash of Civilizations]]'', consider what is "Western" based on religious affiliation, such as deeming the majority-[[Western Christianity|Western Christian]] part of Europe and North America the West, and creating 6 other civilizations, including [[Latin America]], [[Confucian]], Japanese, [[Islamic]], [[Hindu]] and [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Slavic-Orthodox]], to organize the rest of the globe.<ref>{{cite web|last=Graham|first=James|title=Samuel P. Huntington's Clash of Civilizations|url=http://www.historyorb.com/world/clashofcivilizations.php|publisher=History Orb|access-date=12 April 2013}}</ref> Huntington argued that after the end of the [[Cold War]], world politics had been moved into a new aspect in which non-Western civilizations were no more the exploited recipients of Western civilization but become another important actor joining the West to shape and move the world history.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Murden |first1=Simon |chapter=Cultures in world affairs |pages=414–427 |editor1-last=Baylis |editor1-first=John |editor2-last=Smith |editor2-first=Steve |editor3-last=Owens |editor3-first=Patricia |title=The Globalization of World Politics: An Introduction to International Relations |date=2011 |publisher=OUP Oxford |isbn=978-0-19-956909-0 }}</ref> Huntington believed that while the age of [[ideology]] had ended, the world had only reverted to a normal state of affairs characterized by cultural conflict. In his thesis, he argued that the primary axis of conflict in the future will be along cultural and religious lines.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slideshare.net/mehbaliyev/rashad-mehbaliyev-civilizations-their-nature-and-clash-possibilities|title=Civilizations, their nature and clash possibilities (c) Rashad Mehbal…|last=mehbaliyev|date=30 October 2010}}{{self-published inline|date=April 2023}}</ref>