After terror : promoting dialogue among civilizations /

After terror : promoting dialogue among civilizations / edited by Akbar Ahmed and Brian Forst. - Cambridge ; Malden, MA : Polity Press, 2005. - xxviii, 196 p. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Toward a more civil twenty-first century / The simple power of weakness, the complex vulnerability of power / Dialogue and the echo boom of terror : religious women's voices after 9/11 / Closing chapters of enmity / Benjamin Franklin's gift of tolerance / God's word and world politics / The role of the media in promoting tolerance / Civilization, human rights, and collective responsibility / Endless enemies or human security / Dialogue among civilizations and cultures / Transnational moral dialogues / In other people's shoes / A universal language, without boundary or prejudice / Dialogue among civilizations / The productive airing of grievances / All of man's troubles / Turning enemies into friends / Security through dialogue / The power of dialogue : redefining "us" / On clash, morality, renaissance, and dialogue / The just war tradition and cutural dialogue / Celebrating differences on our melting pot planet / Clash or dialogue of cultures? / The fellowship of dialogue / Hard power and soft power / Global governance in an interdependent world / Getting to peace : awakening the third side / Risking hospitality / Akbar Ahmed and Brian Forst -- Zbigniew Brzezinski -- Diana L. Eck -- Rajmohan Gandhi -- Walter Isaacson -- Desmond Tutu -- Shashi Tharoor -- Sergio Vieira de Mello -- Jody Williams -- Seyed Mohammed Khatami -- Amitai Etzioni -- Marilyn Strathern -- Ravi Shanker -- Kofi Annan -- George Carey -- Edward O. Wilson -- Jonathan Sacks -- Queen Noor of Jordan -- Tamara Sonn -- Judea Pearl -- Jean Bethke Elshtain -- El Hassan bin Talal -- Bernard Lewis -- James D. Wolfensohn -- Joseph S. Nye, Jr. -- Benjamin R. Barber -- William L. Ury -- Martin Marty. Part I. Introduction -- Part II. The nature and sources of the problem -- Part III. Pathways to dialogue and understanding -- Part IV. From concern to action --

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Peace-building.
Peaceful change (International relations)
Security, International.
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.
Culturele betrekkingen.
Interreligieuze dialoog.
Terrorisme.
Consolidation de la paix.
Transformations pacifiques (Relations internationales)
Sâecurité internationale.
Attentats du 11 septembre 2001, âEtats-Unis.

JZ 5538 / A258 2005

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