The Politics of Symbols and the Symbolization of 9/11
The responses to 9/11 are conferring symbolic meaning on the facts of 9/11. The transformation follows the general pattern of symbolic politics. In the process, Islam is implicated, by default, through three interconnected issues that are driving the discourse of 9/11: global security, the imperati...
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oai:doaj.org-article:35f1c5cf6f2843b8b53941a3dd3542c22021-12-02T17:49:44ZThe Politics of Symbols and the Symbolization of 9/1110.35632/ajis.v21i1.5002690-37332690-3741https://doaj.org/article/35f1c5cf6f2843b8b53941a3dd3542c22004-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ajis.org/index.php/ajiss/article/view/500https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3733https://doaj.org/toc/2690-3741 The responses to 9/11 are conferring symbolic meaning on the facts of 9/11. The transformation follows the general pattern of symbolic politics. In the process, Islam is implicated, by default, through three interconnected issues that are driving the discourse of 9/11: global security, the imperatives of modernity, and the reassessment of Islam. Islam is symbolized either in terms of a politics of confrontation or of cooptation. What is left out is the self-understanding of Islam. Contrary to the conventional opinion that Islam as a religion is not at issue, the very meaning of Islam is at stake in the politics of symbols. Enamul ChoudhuryInternational Institute of Islamic ThoughtarticleIslamBP1-253ENAmerican Journal of Islam and Society, Vol 21, Iss 1 (2004) |
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The responses to 9/11 are conferring symbolic meaning on the facts of 9/11. The transformation follows the general pattern of symbolic politics. In the process, Islam is implicated, by default, through three interconnected issues that are driving the discourse of 9/11: global security, the imperatives of modernity, and the reassessment of Islam. Islam is symbolized either in terms of a politics of confrontation or of cooptation. What is left out is the self-understanding of Islam. Contrary to the conventional opinion that Islam as a religion is not at issue, the very meaning of Islam is at stake in the politics of symbols.
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