Crossroads ISSN 1825-7208 Vol. 9, No. 2 pp. 26-66. 26 Maximiliano Korstanje* Abstract. With 11/9 and the war on terror, Samuel Huntington’s famous statement on the clash of civilizations seemed to turn real. The aim of the paper is to explore the limits of Huntington’s work, focusing on the analytical elements that eventually make his contribution ethnocentric. Keywords: Terrorism; Clash of civilizations; Huntington; War on Terror. INTRODUCTION The World Trade Center has undoubtedly been an icon of commerce in the world before 11/9 and synonymous of terror afterwards. Two one-sided invasions in Iraq and Afghanistan paved the pathways for the advent of a new era. Detractors of George W. Bush´s policies emphasized on the inefficacy and impossibility to pose US as the marshal of the world. Other scholars as Sammuel P. Huntington has observed that civilization are determined by a natural tendency to clash. Based on the polemic belief that civilizations are in an ongoing war-state for progress, Huntington convincingly argued that the religion was one of primary causes of the events that followed 11/9 and consequent American war-on-terror. Whole parts of resentment these societies feel against West are determined by their lack of progress and material backwardness. The Legacy of Samuel Huntington in Terrorist Studies after 9/11 * Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of Palermo, Argentina. Contact: maxikorstanje@fibertel.com.ar.