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A culture war is a form of cultural conflict (metaphorical "war") between different social groups who struggle to politically impose their own ideology (moral beliefs, humane virtues, and religious practices) upon mainstream society, [1] [2] or upon the other.
Cultural conflict is a type of conflict that occurs when different cultural values and beliefs clash. Broad and narrow definitions exist for the concept, both of which have been used to explain violence (including war) and crime, on either a micro or macro scale.
In the United States, the term "culture war(s)" has been used to refer to conflict in the late 20th and early 21st centuries between religious social conservatives and secular social liberals. [96] [97] This theme of "culture war" was the basis of Patrick Buchanan's keynote speech at the 1992 Republican National Convention. [98]
The clash of civilizations according to Huntington (1996) The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order [18] Huntington divided the world into the "major civilizations" in his thesis as such: [19] [2] Western civilization, comprising the United States and Canada, Western and Central Europe, most of the Philippines, Australia, and ...
A proposal by the Australian government to recognize the country’s Indigenous people in the constitution has inflamed a culture war and set off divisive debates — including among Indigenous ...
Culture wars. New Zealand’s voters in October stripped Hipkins’ Labour Party of 31 seats to almost half their previous stature in the country’s single-chamber parliament – a crushing ...
The culture wars have a new target: your teeth. Communities across the U.S. are ending public water fluoridation programs, often spurred by groups that insist that people should decide whether ...
This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. Map of ongoing armed conflicts (number of combat-related deaths in current or previous year): Major wars (10,000 or more) Minor wars (1,000–9,999) Conflicts (100–999) Skirmishes and clashes (1–99) The following is a list of ongoing armed conflicts that are taking place around the world ...