MARTIN AMIS -"TERROR AND BOREDOM": THE MUSLIM "OTHER" IN A WORLD OF CIVILIZATIONAL BLOCS
MARTIN AMIS -"TERROR AND BOREDOM": THE MUSLIM "OTHER" IN A WORLD OF CIVILIZATIONAL BLOCS

Summary/Abstract: A globally mediated event, 9/11 and its consequences reached far beyond the borders of USA. It marked the beginning of a new global war against a new enemy, international terrorism. Martin Amis was one of the first authors in Britain to take a stand on Islamic fundamentalism or Islamism. This paper analyses one of Amisř key articles on 9/11 and it is relevant because his arguments represent the dominant views that settled in the British socio-political context following the event. The Muslim ŖOtherŗ came to be seen through the prism of Huntingtonřs thesis of civilizational clash and future anti-terror measures were designed to meet the clear, present and immediate threat coming from inside the British Muslim community. Amis spoke of ŖThe Age of Vanished Normalcyŗ to describe the deep sense of vulnerability and anxiety that settled in the British society in the wake of 9/11.

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