TY  - BOOK
AU  - Habermas,Jürgen
AU  - Derrida,Jacques
AU  - Borradori,Giovanna
TI  - Philosophy in a time of terror: dialogues with Jürgen Habermas and Jacques Derrida 
SN  - 0226066649
AV  - HV6432.7 .H32 2003
U1  - 303.625 21
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Chicago
PB  - University of Chicago Press
KW  - Habermas, Jürgen
KW  - Derrida, Jacques
KW  - September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001
KW  - Terrorism
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Political science
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Preface; Philosophy in a time of terror --; Acknowledgements. Introduction; Terrorism and the legacy of the Enlightenment; Habermas; Derrida --; Fundamentalism and terror : a dialogue with Jurgen Habermas --; Reconstructing terrorism; Habermas --; Autoimmunity : real and symbolic suicides : a dialogue with Jacques Derrida --; Deconstructing terrorism; Derrida
N2  - "The idea for Philosophy in a Time of Terror was born hours after the terrorist attacks on 9/11 and came to realization just weeks later when Giovanna Borradori sat down with Jurgen Habermas and Jacques Derrida, in separate interviews, in New York City. Habermas and Derrida, guided by Borradori, evaluate the significance of the most destructive terrorist attack ever perpetrated. The book marks an unprecedented encounter between two of the most influential thinkers of our age: here for the first time Habermas and Derrida overcome their historical antagonism and agree to appear side by side." "In her introduction, Borradori contends that philosophy has an invaluable contribution to make to the understanding of terrorism. Just as the traumas produced by colonialism, totalitarianism, and the Holocaust wrote the history of the twentieth century, the history of the twenty-first century is already signed by global terrorism. Each dialogue here, accompanied by a critical essay, recognizes the magnitude of this upcoming challenge. Characteristically, Habermas's dialogue is dense, compact, and elegantly traditional. Derrida's, on the other hand, takes the reader on a long, winding, and unpredictable road. Yet unexpected agreements emerge between them: both have a deep suspicion of the concept of "terrorism" and both see the need for a transition from classical international law, premised on the model of nation-states, to a new cosmopolitan order based on continental alliances." "As Derrida and Habermas disassemble and reassemble what we think we know about terrorism, they break from the familiar social and political rhetoric increasingly polarized between good and evil. In this process, we watch two of the greatest philosophical minds at work."--BOOK JACKET
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