Abuali Vedad-Hir & Ayyoub Vatanpoor
Dr. Abuali Vedad-Hir is a Lecturer in the Department of Social Sciences, at Tabriz University. Ayyoub Vatanpoor is a member of the Local Education Authority of Germi, Ardabil Province, Iran.
Based on the quantitative data, this article examines the views of Tabriz University students' towards the three dominant theories regarding the relations of civilizations (Khatami, Huntington and Fukuyama theories). The results show that the students are most likely to agree with Khatami's views in comparison with Huntington and Fukuyama's theories on relations between civilizations. However, this dose not means that they categorically reject the two other theories on the subject. Trivial differences between students' perceptions regarding these three theories indicate a cognitive ambivalence in perception of the students. We conclude that, Tabriz University students see each of these theories representing only one part of the picture regarding relations among civilizations and they do not adhere to any one theory completely, but they see Khatami's theory as being more significant and humanistic.