It is this notion of modernity that seems to be at the heart of the recent protests against globalization, protests that would have been the focus of our debates before 11 September.
正是这种现代性观念，似乎是目前抗议全球化浪潮的关键所在，如果不曾发生9月11日的事件，这些抗议本来应当成为我们辩论的焦点。