Conflict Theory Quotes
See Howard Zinn, 1922-2010 {38477} for a later, narrower view with respect to America.
He was a great military leader who conquered much of India as well as the Middle East. Warfare was such a way of life for him that most of his joys and problems came while on a military campaign. He knew little else. He is often referred to as the Muslim Napoleon for his love of and prowess in war. The graphic shows him with his army.
At the time, it did seem impossible that labor and capital would ever have harmonious relations. But the notion that slavery would solve the problem is as preposterous as anything ever entered into the American political dialogue. But there were many in the South, and some in the North, who actually believed it. Even 150 years later, while labor and capital relations were much better than pre Civil War, they still could not be described as “harmonious” or “friendly”.
This phrase and the theory behind it are often misattributed to Samuel P. Huntington who first used it as the title of a talk at the American Enterprise Institute in 1992 and the following year used if as the Title of a very important article in Foreign Affairs. Huntington was very familiar with Lewis’ works and doubtless used the Lewis phrase as it perfectly fit Huntington’s concept. See {604193}.
