{"product_id":"after-terror-9780745635026","title":"After Terror","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAfter 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. \u003cp\u003eThe 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 Desmo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“If you are looking for reading that is thought-provoking, incisive, and challenging, \u003ci\u003eAfter Terror\u003c\/i\u003e is the perfect book to read.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFriday Times\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e “It is good to have a work which includes within its covers the reflections of [the] President of the World Bank, an international activist who founded the International Campaign to Ban Landmines and who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997 for her extraordinary activities in clearing anti-personnel mines from battle zones, and one of the most respected of contemporary musicians. This ensures that there is something for everyone in this compilation!”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMuslim World Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContributor Biographies in Brief xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Introduction 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Toward a More Civil Twenty-first Century\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAkbar Ahmed and Brian Forst\u003c\/i\u003e 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II The Nature and Sources of the Problem 13\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Simple Power of Weakness, the Complex Vulnerability of Power\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eZbigniew Brzezinski\u003c\/i\u003e 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Dialogue and the Echo Boom of Terror: Religious Women's Voices after 9\/11\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDiana L. Eck\u003c\/i\u003e 21\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Closing Chapters of Enmity\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRajmohan Gandhi\u003c\/i\u003e 29\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Benjamin Franklin's Gift of Tolerance\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWalter Isaacson\u003c\/i\u003e 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 God's Word and World Politics\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eArchbishop Desmond Tutu\u003c\/i\u003e 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Pathways to Dialogue and Understanding 45\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 The Role of the Media in Promoting Tolerance\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShashi Tharoor\u003c\/i\u003e 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Civilization, Human Rights, and Collective Responsibility\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSergio Vieira de Mello\u003c\/i\u003e 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Endless Enemies or Human Security\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJody Williams\u003c\/i\u003e 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Dialogue among Civilizations and Cultures\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePresident Seyed Mohammed Khatami\u003c\/i\u003e 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Transnational Moral Dialogues\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmitai Etzioni\u003c\/i\u003e 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 In Other People's Shoes\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDame Marilyn Strathern\u003c\/i\u003e 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 A Universal Language, without Boundary or Prejudice\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSir Ravi Shankar\u003c\/i\u003e 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Dialogue among Civilizations\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKofi Annan\u003c\/i\u003e 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 The Productive Airing of Grievances\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLord George Carey\u003c\/i\u003e 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 All of Man's Troubles\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEdward O. Wilson\u003c\/i\u003e 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Turning Enemies into Friends\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks\u003c\/i\u003e 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Security through Dialogue\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eQueen Noor of Jordan\u003c\/i\u003e 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 The Power of Dialogue: Redefining \"Us\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTamara Sonn\u003c\/i\u003e 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 On Clash, Morality, Renaissance, and Dialogue\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJudea Pearl\u003c\/i\u003e 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 The Just War Tradition and Cultural Dialogue\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJean Bethke Elshtain\u003c\/i\u003e 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Celebrating Differences on our Melting Pot Planet\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePrince El Hassan bin Talal\u003c\/i\u003e 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV From Concern to Action 155\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Clash or Dialogue of Cultures?\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBernard Lewis\u003c\/i\u003e 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 The Fellowship of Dialogue\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJames D. Wolfensohn\u003c\/i\u003e 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Hard Power and Soft Power\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoseph S. Nye Jr\u003c\/i\u003e 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Global Governance in an Interdependent World\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBenjamin R. Barber\u003c\/i\u003e 171\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Getting to Peace: Awakening the Third Side\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWilliam L. Ury\u003c\/i\u003e 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Risking Hospitality\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMartin Marty\u003c\/i\u003e 186\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 191\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404371599703,"sku":"9780745635026","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745635026.jpg?v=1730486254","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/after-terror-9780745635026","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}