Culture and Conflict Essay - 1217 Words

The possibility of the clash of civilizations, as seen by a quick glimpse of history, makes it evident that conflict is nearly inevitable. There are 5 key aspects that bring about problems in any given scenario. Historically, a niche is formed from a group of individuals with similar ways of life; through time the niche gains resources and adopts a religion or lack thereof. With these characteristics attributed to a group of people they are either viewed as friends or foes to neighboring communities, creating alliances. When a minor conflict arises with one community, because of alliances you have major conflict which has the possibility to tear individual communities apart. Samuel P. Huntington describes exactly the same theory covered†¦show more content†¦This can simply be put as, â€Å"take a walk in their shoes.† When you begin to take this walk you immerse yourself in their culture, in their ways of life, in their suffering. All of these different aspects come together and you realize the motivations that are present in other areas apart from your own. In the episode of Darmok, the culturally relevant episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation, the crew of the Enterprise had to immerse themselves into the strangely foreign world of the Tamarians’ lives to begin to understand them. Even technology was unable to bridge the gap between the two species and intuition ruled out over all the search algorithms and speech recognition technology could provide. Many people, to get this immersion, will travel abroad and use their time helping others while getting the experience of living someone else’s life. You become accustomed to your way of life you see others as â€Å"uncultured† and this experience changes that way of thinking. A transformation begins and an understanding develops. 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