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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 (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.+"The significance of the [[September 11 attacks]] resides in the symbolic 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]]." --Sholem Stein
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 +"[[Ward Churchill]]'s essay written in 2001 and titled "[[On the Justice of Roosting Chickens]]", in which he argued the [[September 11 attacks]] were a natural and unavoidable consequence of unlawful [[Foreign policy of the United States |US foreign policy]] over the latter half of the 20th century [[Ward Churchill#9/11 essay controversy|attracted controversy in 2005]]." --Sholem Stein
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The '''September 11 attacks''' (most commonly referred to as '''9/11''') were a series of four coordinated [[terrorist]] [[attack]]s launched by the [[Islamic terrorism|Islamic terrorist]] group [[al-Qaeda]] upon the [[United States]] in [[New York City]] and the [[Washington metropolitan area|Washington, D.C. metropolitan area]] on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. The '''September 11 attacks''' (most commonly referred to as '''9/11''') were a series of four coordinated [[terrorist]] [[attack]]s launched by the [[Islamic terrorism|Islamic terrorist]] group [[al-Qaeda]] upon the [[United States]] in [[New York City]] and the [[Washington metropolitan area|Washington, D.C. metropolitan area]] on Tuesday, September 11, 2001.
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 +As a reaction to the attacks Italian journalist [[Oriana Fallaci]] wrote the [[invective]] ''[[The Rage and the Pride]]'' (2001).
One year after 9/11, [[Verso Books]] published [[Verso_Books#Essays_following_9/11|three controversial essays]] by leading continental philosophers [[Jean Baudrillard]], [[Paul Virilio]], and [[Slavoj Žižek]] (''[[Welcome to the Desert of the Real]]''). One year after 9/11, [[Verso Books]] published [[Verso_Books#Essays_following_9/11|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 on 9/11|Damien Hirst]] and [[Karlheinz Stockhausen on 9/11|Stockhausen]].+The attacks have also been commented upon by contemporary artists [[Damien Hirst on 9/11|Damien Hirst]] and [[Karlheinz Stockhausen on 9/11|Stockhausen]].
== See == == See ==
 +*[[Motives for the September 11 attacks]]
*[[The Art of the Accident: Paul Virilio and Accelerated Modernity]] *[[The Art of the Accident: Paul Virilio and Accelerated Modernity]]
*[[UA Flight 175 hits WTC south tower 9-11]][http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:UA_Flight_175_hits_WTC_south_tower_9-11_edit.jpeg] *[[UA Flight 175 hits WTC south tower 9-11]][http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:UA_Flight_175_hits_WTC_south_tower_9-11_edit.jpeg]

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"The significance of the September 11 attacks resides in the symbolic meaning of the buildings attacked. The World Trade Center represents American financial power and the Pentagon represents American military power." --Sholem Stein


"Ward Churchill's essay written in 2001 and titled "On the Justice of Roosting Chickens", in which he argued the September 11 attacks were a natural and unavoidable consequence of unlawful US foreign policy over the latter half of the 20th century attracted controversy in 2005." --Sholem Stein

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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.

As a reaction to the attacks Italian journalist Oriana Fallaci wrote the invective The Rage and the Pride (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 upon by contemporary artists Damien Hirst and Stockhausen.

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