Post-9/11 British Fiction

在这个项目中，我发现了9/11后英国小说的两个趋势：回归西方现代性的信念和对新左派的幻灭。9/11的神话建立在西方对理性的信仰之上，这是由全球对新左派的幻灭所促成的。有趣的是，这与尤尔根·哈贝马斯和雅克·德里达关于恐怖主义的辩论形成了对立面。前者对西方现代性的信仰被后者更复杂的讨论所掩盖，而后9/11英国小说的特点是这种西方现代性信仰的复兴。

In this project, I detected two trends in post-9/11 British fiction: return to the belief in Western modernity and disillusionment with the New Left. Mythologisation of 9/11 predicated upon the Western belief in rationality is facilitated by the global disillusionment with the New Left. Interestingly, this provides an antithesis to Jurgen Habermas’ and Jacques Derrida’s debates on terror. The former’s belief in Western modernity is rather eclipsed by the latter’s more sophisticated discussion, whereas post-9/11 British fiction is marked by the revival of such beliefs in Western modernity.