1. 11 September, 2001: Sociological Reflections.
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Tester, Keith
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SEPTEMBER 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 ,TERRORISM ,SOCIOLOGY ,SOCIAL sciences - Abstract
This article seeks to explore sociological reflections of the September 11, 2001 attacks. It notes that international news has been an important mechanisms of the extension of the horizons of men and women, so that they have now reached their this-worldly limit. In so far as international news can report human suffering wherever it may be perpetrated then, in principle, the action of men and women can be oriented towards human being as such rather than any particular social and cultural group. However, before the paper proceeds any further it is important to make it plain that these reflections should be read as provisional contributions to a sociology of international news on September 11, 2001. Many of these reflections are made without supporting evidence and therefore it is hoped either that this paper will be treated as a framework to be filled in by other researchers or as a point of departure for further and independent analyses.
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- 2004
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