Post by Yildrim on Mar 31, 2009 21:08:04 GMT 4
Discussing Islam in the Post 9/11 Epistemological Terrain
Seval Yildirim
Whittier Law School
Pace International Law Review, Vol. 19, p. 223, 2007
Whittier Law School Research Paper No. 09-04
Abstract:
This piece argues that a new epistemological terrain has emerged in the aftermath of the 9/11/2001 attacks. This new terrain is characterized by a silencing discourse of fear, terror and apology. It is established, fostered and supported by a misappropriation of human rights language, the Bush administration's domestic policies and foreign wars, mass media contributions and Muslim apologist literature. The author argues that new ways of thinking about the unthought and the unthinkable are necessary in order to deconstruct this recently emerged epistemological terrain.
see: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Delivery.cfm/SSRN_ID1357880_code1211505.pdf?abstractid=1357880&mirid=1
Seval Yildirim
Whittier Law School
Pace International Law Review, Vol. 19, p. 223, 2007
Whittier Law School Research Paper No. 09-04
Abstract:
This piece argues that a new epistemological terrain has emerged in the aftermath of the 9/11/2001 attacks. This new terrain is characterized by a silencing discourse of fear, terror and apology. It is established, fostered and supported by a misappropriation of human rights language, the Bush administration's domestic policies and foreign wars, mass media contributions and Muslim apologist literature. The author argues that new ways of thinking about the unthought and the unthinkable are necessary in order to deconstruct this recently emerged epistemological terrain.
see: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/Delivery.cfm/SSRN_ID1357880_code1211505.pdf?abstractid=1357880&mirid=1