文明冲突是客观存在的,自古以来就有,是人类历史发展长河中的普遍现象。当两种孤立的文明相互接触时就会产生碰撞,就会有矛盾。库切的小说《等待野蛮人》中就描写了文明冲突,具体表现为生活方式、语言和价值观的冲突。殖民者毫不留情地把自己的文明强加于他们认为的野蛮人身上,这给双方都带来了灾难。 The clash of civilizations is an objective reality that has existed since ancient times and is a common phenomenon in the long history of humankind’s development. There will be conflicts when two isolated civilizations collide with each other. Coetzee’s novel Waiting for the Barbarians describes the clash of civilizations as a concrete manifestation of the conflicts in lifestyles, languages ​​and values. The implacable implacability of the colonizers to impose their savages on the barbarians has brought disaster to both parties.