| Title : | After terror : prompting dialogue among civilizations | | Material Type: | printed text | | Authors: | Akbar S. Ahmed, Editor ; Brian Forst, Editor | | Publisher: | Cambridge : Polity | | Publication Date: | 2005 | | Pagination: | xxviii, 196 p. | | Size: | 22 cm. | | ISBN (or other code): | 978-0-7456-3502-6 | | General note: | Includes index | | Languages : | English (eng) Original Language : English (eng) | | Descriptors: | Peaceful change (International relations)
Security, International
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001
| | Class number: | 327.172 | | Abstract: | "After Terror"- presents sustained reflections by some of the world's most celebrated thinkers on the most pressing question of our time: how can we find ways to defuse the ticking bombs of terrorism and excessive interventions against it? It offers an antidote to the fatalistic global holy war perspective that afflicts much contemporary thought, focusing instead on the principles, issues, and acts needed to shift course from alienation and conflict to a path of sanity and goodwill among cultures and civilizations.
The central aim of the book is to advance contemporary thinking on the causes and implications of 9/11 and thus provide the essential elements of a blueprint for humanity. It features 28 original essays by some of the world's leading public figures, scholars, and religious leaders, including Benjamin Barber, Zbigniew Brzezinski, Jean Bethke Elshtain, Amitai Etzioni, Bernard Lewis, Martin Marty, Queen Noor, Joseph Nye, Judea Pearl, Jonathan Sacks, Ravi Shankar, Bishop Desmond Tutu, E.O. Wilson and James D. Wolfensohn.
After Terror attests to the power of dialogue and mutual understanding and the possibility of tolerance, respect, cooperation, and commitment. Without ignoring the dangers of the modern world, it points to a future in which people can celebrate both the fundamental sentiments and interests that we share and the diversities that make us human. | | Contents note: | Acknowledgments; Contributor biographies in birief; Akbar Ahmed and Brian Forst: Toward a more civil twenty-first century; Zbigniew Brzezinski: The simple power of weakness, the complex vulnerability of power; Diana L. Eck: Dialogue and the echo boom of terror: Religious women’s voices after 9/11; Rajmohan Gandhi: Closing chapters of enmity; Walter Isaacson: Benjamin Franklin’s gift of tolerance; Archbishop Desmond Tutu: God’s word and world politics; Shashi Tharoor: The role of the media in promoting tolerance; Sergio Vieira de Mello: Civilization, Human rights, and collective responsibility; Jody Williams: Endless enemies or human security; President Seyed Mohammed Khatami: Dialogue among civilizations and cultures; Amitai Etzioni: Translational moral dialogues; Dame Marilyn Strathern: In other people’s shoes; Sir Ravi Shankar: A universal language, without boundary or prejudice; Kofi Annan: Dialogue among civilizations; Lord George Carey: The productive Airing of grievances; Edward O. Wilson: All of man’s troubles; Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks: Turning enemies into friends; Queen Noor of Jordan: Security through dialogue; Tamara Sonn: The power of dialogue: Redefining “Us”; Judea Pearl: On clash,morality, renaissance, and dialogue; Jean Bethke Elshtain: The just war tradition and cultural dialogue; Prince El Hassan bin Talal: Celebrating differences on our melting pot planet; Bernard Lewis: Clash or dialogues of cultures; James D. Wolfensohn: The fellowship of dialogue; Joseph S. Nye Jr: Hard power and soft power; Benjamin R. Barber: Global governance in an interdependent world; William L. Ury: Getting to peace: Awakening the third side; Martin Marty: Risking hospitality; Index; | | Record link: | https://library.seeu.edu.mk/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=15474 |
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