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Bernard Lewis (1916–2018) was a towering, highly influential, and deeply controversial historian of the Middle East and Islam. He specialized in the relationship between Islam and the West, famously analyzing why and how the Islamic world fell from its medieval preeminence into conflict and perceived modernity struggles.Core Concepts & Thematic ViewsThe "Clash of Civilizations": Lewis was an early proponent of the idea that modern conflict between the Middle East and the West is rooted in a fundamental, centuries-old clash of rival value systems, a phrase he coined prior to Samuel Huntington..'
