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RESEARCH PRODUCT

The Society 4.0, Internet, Tourism and the War on Terror

Maximiliano Emanuel Korstanje

subject

International relationsSpanish Civil WarPolitical scienceTerrorismMedia studiesVirtuality (gaming)Context (language use)CapitalismGeopoliticsTourism

description

The 9/11 marked the end of an epoch, or so it is claimed by many voices. Scholars and colleagues of all stripes agree that the attacks on the World Trade Center changed international relations and geopolitics as never before. In this context, this chapter interrogates the ramifications of terrorism, its connection with media society and with Society 4.0. As Slavoj Žižek puts it, 9/11 was not only a founding event, but it also woke the Occident from its slumber. In view of this, terrorism paradoxically not only uses the media and digital technologies to instil its message in society, but alerts us to the risks posed by virtuality. This chapter, henceforth, continues Žižek’s reflections unveiling the role of digital technology in what he dubbed as “the desert of the real”.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2019-01-01
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12306-2_6