This clearly written and accessible work presents a philosopher's response to the series of events known as "9/11" and the global culture in the United States 'and global society' that followed. It provides a comprehensive analysis of the emerging post9/11 culture; situating it in a broad context that includes politics; religious discourse; economic theory; and philosophical orientation. Before and After 9/11 reconstructs the events that led to and departed from the attacks on September 11; 2001. It criticizes the attempts to explain 9/11 by George W. Bush; his administration's neoconservatives; Samuel Huntington; and Bernard Lewis. It also pays particular attention to the importance of the economic dimension in the emergence of conflicts in an age of globalization. The aim is to provide a philosophical overview of 9/11; understood as a series of connected events within an ongoing historical context. This unique work will appeal to anyone seeking to understand the current world; including the ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.