Open AccessBetween the real and the imaginary: the construction of the symbolic in the attack on New York.
Author(s) -
José Maurício Saldanha Álvarez
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
advances in social sciences research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2055-0286
DOI - 10.14738/assrj.810.10982
Subject(s) - the imaginary , contextualization , hero , movie theater , the symbolic , mythology , action (physics) , event (particle physics) , sociology , politics , literature , history , media studies , aesthetics , art , political science , law , linguistics , philosophy , psychoanalysis , psychology , physics , quantum mechanics , interpretation (philosophy)
This article examines the political participation of mythology and the imaginary and the role of the history of unexpected events. It demonstrates how the attack on the Twin Towers in New York on September 11, 2001, determined contextualization of the event and 'resymbolization.' Working with the concept of the state of cinema, this article explores the possibilities of constructing modern culture which, based on the action of images and the movies. We analyze the North American imperial discourse, and the fabrication of a picture of the world based on a cinematographic, symbolic, and media process was - in the duel against the bad guy, and the American hero.