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September 11 in History : A Watershed Moment? /
Arguing that, despite overheated rhetoric at the time, 9/11 did not "change everything," the contributors place this tragedy in its essential historical context.
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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London :
Duke University Press,
2003.
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| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | Arguing that, despite overheated rhetoric at the time, 9/11 did not "change everything," the contributors place this tragedy in its essential historical context. The ten essays in Dudziak's edited volume take issue with the portrayal of the September 11 attacks as a watershed moment in the history of the United States, Islam, and international relations. The authors do not dispute that the attacks affected existing social, political, and legal structures but that the ensuing changes were unprecedented. In other words, September 11 did not bring about a paradigmatic shift in policy-making, identity formation, and jurisprudence. Instead, it re-framed existing paradigms in such a manner that it is now more easily justified to dismiss democratic, egalitarian, and non-violent means in resolving domestic and international conflicts. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (254 pages): color illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9780822384939 |