The Projection of the 20th Into the 21st Century. A Critical Review of the Work of Samuel P. Huntington

The article provides a critical appreciation of the life and work of Samuel P. Huntington (1927-2008). Reviewing his main ideas, functions and publications, it points out that Huntington had a tendency to project aspects of the culturo-political constellation of the 20 th into the 21 st century, and thus to apply strategies and solution patterns of the pre-9-11 world to the problems of the post-9-11 constellation. To a certain extent, this tendency can be considered as exemplary for parts of the mainstream drift within the Political Sciences in the USA in the past  decade.