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The US Media, Huntington and September 11

The Clash of Civilizations? Samuel Huntington. A Metahistory of the Clash of Civilisations. Interview – A Metahistory of the Clash of Civilizations. E-IR’s Maysam Behravesh conducted an exclusive interview with Dr Arshin Adib-Moghaddam, on his latest book: A Metahistory of the Clash of Civilizations: US and Them Beyond Orientalism. Dr Moghaddam is University Lecturer in Comparative and International Politics of the Middle East at SOAS, University of London. He is the author of The International Politics of the Persian Gulf: A Cultural Genealogy (Routledge: 2006, 2009), Iran in World Politics: The Question of the Islamic Republic (Columbia University Press: 2008, 2010) and A Metahistory of the Clash of Civilisations: Us and them beyond Orientalism (Columbia/Hurst: 2011).

His writings have been translated into many languages and he is a frequent contributor to leading newspapers and TV channels around the world. He can be followed via Twitter at www.twitter.com/Adib_Moghaddam. Let’s start from the very title of your book. It’s quite resounding, eye-catching and significant. Are we living in a post-orientalist era? The Clash of Barbarisms | Saqi Books.