Cultural Barbarism in Relation to Women?: Huntington's Theory and the German Case of Mass Sexual Assaults on New Year's Eve 2015

This article analyzes, from the perspective of Samuel Huntington's hypothesis about a "clash of civilizations," the nature of the mass sexual assaults on women committed by migrants coming from non-European countries on New Year's Eve 2015 in Germany. It is argued that the fundam...

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Published in:The review of faith & international affairs
Main Author: Pasamonik, Barbara (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group [2019]
In: The review of faith & international affairs
RelBib Classification:FD Contextual theology
KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history
KBB German language area
NCF Sexual ethics
Further subjects:B clash of civilizations
B Liberal Democracy
B Islam
B sexual liberalization
B tahharush gamea
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Summary:This article analyzes, from the perspective of Samuel Huntington's hypothesis about a "clash of civilizations," the nature of the mass sexual assaults on women committed by migrants coming from non-European countries on New Year's Eve 2015 in Germany. It is argued that the fundamental cultural factor triggering this criminal behavior was the clash of a patriarchal culture of honor and Islamic ethical code with liberal Western urban culture. But the cultural factor was not isolated. The "non-cultural" factors, i.e. social, biological, psychological, demographic, and economic factors, played important role.
ISSN:1931-7743
Contains:Enthalten in: The review of faith & international affairs
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/15570274.2019.1570762