CULTURA DI DAVOS E DENAZIONALIZZAZIONE DELLE ÉLITE IN SAMUEL P. HUNTINGTON

Abstract

As part of the ongoing debate on the rise and decline of the West, this essay analyzes the origin and development of Samuel P. Huntington’s critique of the idea of “universal civilization”, from The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order (1996) to Who Are We? The Challenges to America’s National Identity (2004). The paper will focus on the concepts of “Davos Culture” and “Davos Man”, framing by Huntington, as well as the terms “cosmopolitan elites” versus “nationalist publics,” used by the author to describe the coming “global class warfare” of the 21st century.