“后9·11”文学中西方“紧急状态”解析

The “State of Emergency” in the West in “Post 9·11” Literature

"9·11"恐怖袭击之后,美国乃至西方诸国宣布进入"紧急状态",但因此发动的反恐战争不仅未能维护生命安全,反而让国际政治陷入全球的紧急状态之中。作为一种与官方主流意识形态分庭抗礼的文学叙事,"后9·11"文学转向关注恐怖袭击事件和反恐战争将西方卷入的本雅明式的"紧急状态",即"身处危险的年代"的生存危机、"神的缺席"下的信仰危机和"大众"冷漠的异化危机。这种在当代政治格局的审视中对非常时期人的生命状态的变迁的阿甘本式的思索,呈现了"后9·11"文学的人文关怀与审美价值。

After the "9·11" terrorist attack, the United States and many western countries declared a "state of emergency", but the anti-terrorism war launched not only failed to restore life security, but also plunged international politics into a global state of emergency. As a literary narrative against the official mainstream ideology,"post 9·11" literature turns to the focus of Benjamin-style "state of emergency" caused by the terrorist attack and the war on terror, namely, the survival crisis in "dangerous times", the crisis of faith in the absence of God and the alienation crisis of the indifferent masses. This kind of Giorgio Agamben’s original thinking on the change of human life in the contemporary political pattern shows the humanistic concern and aesthetic value of "post 9·11" literature.