9/11 : Wahabbism/Hegemony and Agenic Man/Heroic Masculinity

This article will explain terrorism within the context of hegemony—the rise of Western hegemony and decline of Islamic hegemony and hence the terrorist attacks of 9/11. The need for an alternate thesis has arisen given that politicians, generals and intellectuals have grappled dismally in understanding the causes and even more so the political, military and social significance of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. They have failed as dismally as they did a decade previously in predicating or explaining the end of the Cold War