出版社：American Sociological Association Section on Political Economy of the World System
摘要：Th e attacks of September 11 are explored from the perspective of three temporali-ties—that of US hegemony (roughly the last 50 years), that of the history of modernity (roughly the last three hundred and fi fty years) and that of the 'clash' between Western and non–Western civilizations (roughly the last one thousand years). Th e attacks are symptom-atic of the emergence of regional, networked actors that the US is not well prepared to address and which disrupt the national–de vel-opmental world order organized under US hegemony. By demonstrating one of the unintended consequences of modernity—the democratization of means of destruction—the attacks mark another nail in the co. n of the idea that progress can be attained through technological breakthroughs and the rational organization of the world (which we call hege -monic rationalistic modernity). Th e attempt to galvanize the Islamic community through an assault on its perceived rivals parallels the strat-egy of the Christian crusades 1000 years ago. Th e attacks mark a moment in the declining ability of the West to control the non–Western world. In conclusion, world order is likely to be reconstructed only if there is a move beyond US hegemony, rationalistic modernity, and the presumption of Western supremacy that char-acterize the contemporary world
