Ground Zero Point One: On the Cinematics of History

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. The World Trade Center and Global Crisis: Some Critical Perspectives 1
4. An Empire of a Certain Kind 5
5. September 11^th and After 11
6. From Nine-Eleven to Seven-Eleven: The Poverty of Interpretation 18
7. Ground Zero Point One: On the Cinematics of History 26
8. Humanitarianism, Terror and the Transnational Border 37
9. Arab Americans and the Criminalization of Dissent 46
10. “My Son is a Fanatic” or How to Have Things Both Ways in a Heritage Debate 52
11. Just Wars, Civilisation and Empire in Postmodernity: Perspectives from South of the Rio Grande 59
12. September 11 and October 7: From Human Tragedy to Power Politics 71
13. The New Leviathan and the Crisis of Criticism in the Social Sciences 79
14. Notes on Contributors 86