Providence lost: 'September 11' and the history of evil

Genevieve Lloyd

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Providence lost: 'September 11' and the history of evil

Genevieve Lloyd

Department of Philosophy

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This paper discusses the philosophical significance of 'September 11' by relating it to attempts that have been made throughout the history of philosophy to read particular events as symbols of conceptual change. It draws especially on Susan Neiman's Evil in Modern Thought and Giovanna Borradori's dialogues with Derrida and Habermas, in her Philosophy in a Time of Terror, to relate 'September 11' to Kant's versions of Progress, Providence and Cosmopolitanism.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	23-43
Number of pages	21
Journal	Critical Horizons
Volume	6
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1163/156851605775009500
Publication status	Published - Nov 2005

Keywords

Derrida
Evil
Habermas
Kant
Providence
Terrorism

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