If you'd like to print out this page, click the Print button above. Alternatively, you may click the printer icon on your browser's toolbar, or choose File>Print from the menu.     Huntington on Civilizations The clash of civilizations? Samuel P. Huntington. Foreign Affairs Summer 1993 v72 n3 p22(28) (9621 words) 1. How does Huntington define a civilization? What are the eight major civilizations he identifies? 2. What does Huntington say about the clash between the West and Islam? 3. This article was published in 1993. What events since then provide evidence for or against Huntington’s thesis of the "clash of civilizations"?