And then... Along came september 11th

AND THEN... ALONG CAME SEPTEMBER 11th
CHALLENGING THE HYPOTHESIS OF
THE CLASH OF CIVILISATIONS

Edited by

El-Mostafa Chadli and Lise Garon

Political Studies on Contemporary North Africa
GEPANC
affiliated with
The International Political Science Association

Texts translated by : Magda Sylwestrowicz, graduate student at Laval University
Maps drawn by : Azzedine G. Mansour, Architect, Montreal
Produced by : Préambule Communication, Quebec City, 2003

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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FOREWORD El-Mostafa Chadli and Lise Garon

INTRODUCTION

Flawed hypothesis, manipulation on the public stage, or human Condition ? Lise Garon and El-Mostafa Chadli

PART 1 : THE SCIENTIFIC VALUE OF THE HYPOTHESIS

1. The hypothesis of the clash of civilisations: between imagination, representation and value system, El-Mostafa Chadli

2. Moralist theories in international relations. Epistemological problems, Ahmed Hidass

3. Dialogue or clash of civilisations ? Challenging neo-institutional liberalism on the threshold of the 21st century, Hassan Bakr Hassan

PART 2 : THE IMPACT OF THE CRISIS OF SEPTEMBER 11th ON THE MEDIA SCENE

1. The public and North African opinion in the mirror of the clash of civilisations, Larbi Chouikha.

2. Constructing a Myth : A public television station covers September 11, 2001. The case of Radio-Canada, Richard Godin.

3. Recounting fear, blocking out reality. An analysis of the effects of September 11th on a Western society as seen through the press. The case of the daily newspaper Le Devoir, Christiane Kègle and Christianne Clough

4. The Clash and "Civilisation": representation, rhetoric and popular legitimacy, Francesco Cavatorta, Shiera el Malik and Nalini Persram

PART 3 : THE ACTORS BEHIND THE SCENES

1. The Camouflage of the Sino-American clash of civilisations in the Belgrade Embassy Bombing in 1999 : From rhetoric clashes to actual clashes, Simon Shen

2. Public diplomacy and the boomerang effect : the Tunisian case, Lise Garon and Taïeb Moalla

3. The internormativity at the heart of regulatory measures. The case of Quebec society after September 11, Sylvain Nadeau

PART 4 : ALTERNATIVE HYPOTHESIS

1. What is the West ? A pessimistic hypothesis, Ismael Sélim Khaznadar and Fatiha Talahite

2. The West. Science and Technoscience. Seven variations (alla breve), Ismael Sélim Khaznadar

3. The West and Islam. What's at stake, in law and economics ? Fatiha Talahite

4. Against barbarism, the struggle for law and justice, Marguerite Rollinde

CONCLUSION

1. The clash of civilisations, ignorance or interests, Ahmed Hidass

2. Towards a lasting reconciliation ? Richard Godin

APPENDIX

Clash or Cooperation ? Wolfgang Sachsenroëder