"The clash of civilizations" is a powerful metaphor of the post cold war global polihcs. lntroduc€d by Samuel Huntington, the metaphor suggested that world polrtics were being reconfigured with 'tault line' between cultures replacing political and ideological boundaries as the flashpoints of crisis and bloodshed'. The purpose of this article is to critic€lly examine the propositions and theoretical assumptions underpinning the thesis. lt shows that the propositions are groundless and the theoretical assumptions behind the argument are dubious. lt argues that the "clash of civilizations" is a myth.