In this book, fourteen leading philosophers reflect on the philosophical implications of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

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• A philosophical reflection on the implications of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.
  
• Consists of fourteen essays written by leading philosophers, most of which have been specially commissioned for this volume.
  
• Engages with a broad range of contemporary issues, such as American imperialism, anti-Americanism, Bush’s ‘War on Terror’, and the role of the media.
  
• Looks at how the terrorist attacks of 9/11 have altered the terms and categories of philosophical debate.
  
• Considers the repercussions for justice, human rights and international law.

Tom Rockmore is Professor of Philosophy at Duquesne University. His previous publications include Cognition: An Introduction to Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit (1997), Marx after Marxism (Blackwell Publishing, 2002) and Before and After Hegel: A Historical Introduction to Hegel’s Thought (2003).

Joseph Margolis is Laura H. Carnell Professor of Philosophy at Temple University. His recent publications include Life without Principles (Blackwell Publishing, 1996), The Unraveling of Scientism: American Philosophy at the End of the Twentieth Century (2003) and Moral Philosophy after 9/11 (2004).

Armen T. Marsoobian is Professor of Philosophy at Southern Connecticut State University. He is Editor-in-chief of the Blackwell journal Metaphilosophy. He has co-edited three books, Justus Buchler’s Metaphysics of Natural Complexes (1990), Nature’s Perspectives: Prospects for Ordinal Metaphysics (1991) and The Blackwell Guide to American Philosophy (Blackwell Publishing, 2004).