In "The Clash of Ignorance" author Edward Said described Huntington's basic paradigm of the "West versus the Rest" as a very crude reformulation of the Cold War opposition.

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In "The Clash of Ignorance" author Edward Said described Huntington's basic paradigm of the "West versus the Rest" as a very crude reformulation of the Cold War opposition.

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The question presents a statement about Edward Said's view in The Clash of Ignorance regarding Huntington's West versus the Rest paradigm and its relation to Cold War opposition.
Reasoning through the claim, we note that Said critiqued Samuel P. Huntington's Clash of Civilizations by arguing that Huntington oversimplifies historical and cultural complexities and tends to map civilizations onto a binary framework that reinforces Western-centric perspectives. In Said's analysis, this framing can be read as a crude reformulation of adversarial Cold War paradigms (the West versus non-West or the Rest), recasting geopolitical tension into civilizational fault lines. This aligns with Said’s broader critique of Western narratives that essentialize cultures and justify domination or intervention under the guise of civilizational conflict.
Therefore, the statement that Said described Huntington's basic paradigm of the "West versus the Rest" as a very crude reformulation of the Cold War opposition reflects Said’s critical position about Huntington’s thesis and its lineage from Western-centric geopolitics. 
If one were to consider potential counterpoints, they would need explicit textual support showing Said’s exact wording to claim a different precise characterization; however, the core idea that Said viewed Huntington’s framing as a crude, reductive carryover from Cold War binaries is consistent with his published critiques. 
Thus, the statement is accurate within the context of Said’s critical reading of Huntington’s work in The Clash of Ignorance.

Intro to Global Spring... Quiz on Section 14 reading and lecture

In "The Clash of Ignorance" author Edward Said described Huntington's basic paradigm of the "West versus the Rest" as a very crude reformulation of the Cold War opposition.

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