Relinquishing apparent national sovereignty does not have to entail a loss of national sovereignty, but can actually be a benefit.

But it then very soon became clear that the response of a war against terrorism, initially conceived of in a metaphorical sense, began to be taken increasingly seriously and came to entail waging a real war.

Initially, the horrific images of September 11th triggered an enormous wave of solidarity.

All theory of modernity in sociology suggests that the more modernity there is, the less religion. In my theory we can realize that this is wrong: atheism is only one belief system among many.

In the first instance, therefore, global terrorism created a kind of global community sharing a common fate, something we had previously considered impossible.

You cannot make peace with terrorists. The normal dividing lines between war and peace do not apply.

Electronic communication makes possible what has previously been excluded: namely, active, simultaneous and reciprocal contact between individuals across all frontiers constituted by countries, religions and continents.