Clash of civilizations not inevitable

The PBS Newshour program had a good interview with Orham Pamuk. Pamuk is the Turkish author who was recently awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.

He and his work argue that the much hyped clash of civilizations (western vs Islamic worlds) is hardly inevitable. He says that conservative politicial figures in both places are working hard to whip up exclusionary nativist frenzy but that such clashes need not happen if cooler heads prevail.