September 11 attacks
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| - | The [[September 11 attacks]] gained an iconographic meaning. This was due to the fact that the Twin Towers of the [[World Trade Center (1973-2001)|World Trade Center]] in New York City were portrayed as symbolic buildings representing [[American financial power]], and [[the Pentagon]] in Virginia was portrayed as a symbolic building representing [[American military power]]. Backed up by the media and literature, many people see 9/11 as an attack on the economic and military power of America. | + | The symbolic meaning of the [[September 11 attacks]] resides in the iconographic meaning of the buildings attacked. The [[World Trade Center (1973-2001)|World Trade Center]] represents [[American financial power]] and [[the Pentagon]] represents [[American military power]]. 9/11 was an attack against the economic and military power of the United States of America. |
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The symbolic meaning of the September 11 attacks resides in the iconographic meaning of the buildings attacked. The World Trade Center represents American financial power and the Pentagon represents American military power. 9/11 was an attack against the economic and military power of the United States of America. |
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The September 11 attacks (most commonly referred to as 9/11) were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks launched by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda upon the United States in New York City and the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area on Tuesday, September 11, 2001.
One year after 9/11, Verso Books published three controversial essays by leading continental philosophers Jean Baudrillard, Paul Virilio, and Slavoj Žižek (Welcome to the Desert of the Real).
The attacks have also been commented on by contemporary artists Damien Hirst and Stockhausen.
See
- The Art of the Accident: Paul Virilio and Accelerated Modernity
- UA Flight 175 hits WTC south tower 9-11[1]
- Aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks
- 9/11: The Falling Man
- The Disintegration Loops
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