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After Terror: Promoting Dialogue Among Civilizations
Akbar S. Ahmed
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Description for After Terror: Promoting Dialogue Among Civilizations
Paperback. * A major new trade title on one of the hottest topics in current affairs and world politics. Editor(s): Ahmed, Akbar S.; Forst, Brian. Num Pages: 160 pages, 0. BIC Classification: GTJ; JPS; JPWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 294.
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.
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 ... Read more
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.
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745635026
SKU
V9780745635026
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99-27
About Akbar S. Ahmed
Akbar Ahmed and Brian Forst, both of the American University, Washington.
Reviews for After Terror: Promoting Dialogue Among Civilizations
“If you are looking for reading that is thought-provoking, incisive, and challenging, After Terror is the perfect book to read.” Friday Times “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 ... Read more