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Watching 9/11: In the Time of the Event
Taking an image by Thomas Hoepker as its starting point, this essay examines the discontinuities and contradictions that appear around the contemporary rhetoric of the ‘event’ as given particular instantiation in the destruction of the World Trade Centre on September 11, 2001. It is argued that the rhetoric at issue here, in spite of its emphasis on the ‘eventful’ character of our time, actually serves to conceal the urgency of our contemporary situation as well as disabling any genuine response to it.
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Publication title
Philosophy TodayVolume
58Pagination
125-139ISSN
0031-8256Department/School
School of HumanitiesPublisher
DePaul University * Department of PhilosophyPlace of publication
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