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翼的幻想破灭。全球对新左翼的幻想破灭，促成了建立在西方理性信仰基础上的9/11神话。有趣的是，这与于尔根·哈贝马斯和雅克·德里达关于恐怖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9/11事件后的英国小说则以这种信仰在西方现代性中的复兴为标志。

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.