September 11 in History ：A Watershed Moment? ( American Encounters/Global Interactions )

Publication subTitle ：A Watershed Moment?

Publication series ：American Encounters/Global Interactions

Author： Mary L. Dudziak  

Publisher： Duke University Press‎

Publication year： 2003

E-ISBN: 9780822384939

P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780822332428

P-ISBN(Hardback):  9780822332299

Subject： K712.54 第二次世界大战以后（1945年~）

Keyword： September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001. -- War on Terrorism, 2001- -- History, Modern -- 21st century., United States -- History -- 21st century., September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001., War on Terrorism, 2001-2009., History, Modern -- 21st century., War on Terrorism, 2001-

Language： ENG

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Hours after the collapse of the Twin Towers, the idea that the September 11 attacks had “changed everything” permeated American popular and political discussion. In the period since then, the events of September 11 have been used to justify profound changes in U.S. public policy and foreign relations. Bringing together leading scholars of history, law, literature, and Islam, September 11 in History asks whether the attacks and their aftermath truly marked a transition in U.S. and world history or whether they are best understood in the context of pre-existing historical trajectories.

From a variety of perspectives, the contributors to this collection scrutinize claims about September 11, in terms of both their historical validity and their consequences. Essays range from an analysis of terms like “ground zero,” “homeland,” and “the axis of evil” to an argument that the U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay has become a site for acting out a repressed imperial history. Examining the effect of the attacks on Islamic self-identity, one contributor argues that Osama bin Laden enacted an interpretation of Islam on September 11 and asserts that progressive Muslims must respond to it. Other essays focus on the deployment of Orientalist tropes in categorizations of those who “look Middle Eastern,” the blurring of domestic and international law evident in a number of legal developments including the use

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Contents

Introduction

Ground Zero: Enduring War

Echoes of the Cold War: The Aftermath of September 11 at Home

Homeland Insecurities: Transformations of Language and Space

9/11 and the Muslim Transformation

Islam(s) East and West: Pluralism between No-Frills and Designer Fundamentalism

The Citizen and the Terrorist

Civil Liberties in the Dragons’ Domain: Negotiating the Blurred Boundary between Domestic Law and Foreign Affairs after 9/11

Transforming International Law after the September 11 Attacks? Three Evolving Paradigms for Regulating International Terrorism

Empire’s Law: Foreign Relations by Presidential Fiat

Afterword: Remembering September 11

For Further Reading

Contributors

Acknowledgments

Index

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