The World Trade Center and Global Crisis: Some Critical Perspectives

Published by Berghahn Books 2004

The World Trade Center and Global Crisis

Some Critical Perspectives

Edited by: Bruce Kapferer

Volume 1 in the series Critical Interventions: A Forum for Social Analysis

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780857458643

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About this book

Numerous humanly caused destructions of just the last hundred years dwarf the World Trade Center disaster, and the attention still addressed to it may over the next few years appear disproportionate. But the significance of events is always determined by the social, political, and cultural forces that are articulated through a particular event. The attack of 9/11 was an event waiting to happen, and when it did occur the even itself became a catalyst and impetus for the changing and redirection of global realities. This volume offers provocative assessments of the reaction to the event from a variety of perspectives that will no doubt stimulate the debate on the meaning and consequences of 9/11.

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Bruce Kapferer is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Bergen. He has held academic positions in Zambia, Manchester, Adelaide, London, and Queensland and carried out extensive fieldwork in Zambia, Sri Lanka, India, Australia, and South Africa.

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The World Trade Center and Global Crisis: Some Critical Perspectives Bruce Kapferer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
An Empire of a Certain Kind Marshall Sahlins Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	5
September 11^th and After Keith Hart Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	11
From Nine-Eleven to Seven-Eleven: The Poverty of Interpretation Jonathan Friedman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	18
Ground Zero Point One: On the Cinematics of History Allen Feldman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	26
Humanitarianism, Terror and the Transnational Border Michael Humphrey Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
Arab Americans and the Criminalization of Dissent Ibrahim Aoude Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	46
“My Son is a Fanatic” or How to Have Things Both Ways in a Heritage Debate Michael Rowlands Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	52
Just Wars, Civilisation and Empire in Postmodernity: Perspectives from South of the Rio Grande John Gledhill Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
September 11 and October 7: From Human Tragedy to Power Politics Leif Manger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
The New Leviathan and the Crisis of Criticism in the Social Sciences Bruce Kapferer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	79
Notes on Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	86

Language: English
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 94
Keywords: Theory and Methodology

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Published: October 1, 2004
ISBN: 9780857458643