Philosophy in a Time of Terror

[Richard Romeo]

I enjoyed Habermas comments.  

Habermas:  'Certainly, no observation of a unique
event can provide an explanation per se for why
terrorism itself should have assumed a new
characteristic. In this respect one factor above all
seems to me to be relevant: one never really knows who
one's enemy is. Osama bin Laden, the person, more
likely serves the function of a stand-in.'

Didn't Pynchon say something similar in the Playboy
"interview" 

I thought this Habermas comment right on:

'Global terrorism is extreme both in its lack of
realistic goals and in its cynical exploitation of the
vulnerability of complex systems.'

reminding me of a quote in Mao 2 or the Names--i'll
have to check it.

rich


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> There will be no second edition of the book.
> Suhrkamp withdraws the book of 
> Honderich from the market after Brumlik accused it
> of "antisemitic 
> antizionism".
> kwp
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> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "pynchonoid" <pynchonoid at yahoo.com>
> > To: "Pynchon-L" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 6:22 PM
> > Subject: Philosophy in a Time of Terror
> > 
> > 
> > > An excerpt from
> > > Philosophy in a Time of Terror
> > > Dialogues with Jürgen Habermas
> > > and Jacques Derrida
> > > by Giovanna Borradori
> > >
> > >
> > >
>
<http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/066649.html>
> > >
> > 
> > This was one of the major topics of today's
> cultural news:
> > 
> > Philosophical Antisemitism
> > A letter from Micha Brumlik to Suhrkamp Verlag
> > http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~uctytho/
> > 
> > Explanantion of a Book Recommendation
> > by Jürgen Habermas
> >
>
http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~uctytho/BrumlikHabermastrans.html
> > 
> > Terrorism for Humanity
> > Ted Honderich
> > "Suicide-bombings by the Palestinians are right.
> 9/11 was wrong."
> > http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~uctytho/terrforhum.html
> > 
> > 
> 
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