{"title":"Terrorism and the Fate of Democracy After September 11","authors":"Henry A. Giroux","doi":"10.1177/153270860200200102","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"even more fragile in this time of crisis as new antiterrorist laws are being passed that make it easier to undermine those basic civil liberties that protect individuals against invasive and potentially repressive government actions. As a result of the horrific events of September 11, civic engagement has reappeared in calls for unity and patriotism and in countless displays of compassion. But there is a dark side to this newfound call for unity. Notions of community are now organized not only around flag-waving displays of patriotism but also around collective fears and an ongoing militarization of visual culture and public space. Notions of democracy increasingly appear to be giving way to the discourse of revenge, domestic security, and war. The political reality that is beginning to emerge from this shattering crisis increasingly points to a set of narrow choices that are being largely set by the jingoistic right wing and fueled by the dominant media. One glaring example can be found in the constant tele-","PeriodicalId":46996,"journal":{"name":"Cultural Studies-Critical Methodologies","volume":"59 1","pages":"14 - 9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.9000,"publicationDate":"2002-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"10","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Cultural Studies-Critical Methodologies","FirstCategoryId":"90","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1177/153270860200200102","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"CULTURAL STUDIES","Score":null,"Total":0}
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even more fragile in this time of crisis as new antiterrorist laws are being passed that make it easier to undermine those basic civil liberties that protect individuals against invasive and potentially repressive government actions. As a result of the horrific events of September 11, civic engagement has reappeared in calls for unity and patriotism and in countless displays of compassion. But there is a dark side to this newfound call for unity. Notions of community are now organized not only around flag-waving displays of patriotism but also around collective fears and an ongoing militarization of visual culture and public space. Notions of democracy increasingly appear to be giving way to the discourse of revenge, domestic security, and war. The political reality that is beginning to emerge from this shattering crisis increasingly points to a set of narrow choices that are being largely set by the jingoistic right wing and fueled by the dominant media. One glaring example can be found in the constant tele-
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The mandate for this interdisciplinary, international journal is to move methods talk in cultural studies to the forefront, into the regions of moral, ethical and political discourse. The commitment to imagine a more democratic society has been sa guiding feature of cultural studies from the very beginnnig. Contributors to this journal understand that the discourses of a critical, moral methodology are basic to any effort to re-engage the promise of the social sciences and the humanities for democracy in the 21st Century. We seek works that connect critical emanicipatory theories to new forms of social justice and democratic practice are encouraged.
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