Transforming Terror [electronic resource] : Remembering the Soul of the World
Carrington, Karin Lofthus.
Griffin, Susan.
Berkeley, Calif. ; London : University of California Press,
c2011.
This inspired collection offers a new paradigm for moving the world beyond violence as the first, and often only, response to violence. Through essays and poetry, prayers and meditations, Transforming Terror powerfully demonstrates that terrorist violence-defined here as any attack on unarmed civilians-can never be stopped by a return to the thinking that created it. A diverse array of contributors-writers, healers, spiritual and political leaders, scientists, and activists, including Desmond Tutu, Huston Smith, Riane Eisler, Daniel Ellsberg, Amos Oz, Fatema Mernissi, Fritjof Capra, Geo
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Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part One: A Deeper Look; Chapter 1: Terror and Terrorism; Susan Griffin, Civilian Casualties: The New Frontline; Susan Griffin, from A Chorus of Stones: The Private Life of War; Jan Egeland, Statement of the Under-Secretary-General at the Open Meeting of the Security Council on the Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict, June 28, 2006; Daniel Ellsberg, U.S. Nuclear Terrorism; Chris Hedges, from "The Truth of War"; Yannis Ritsos, Afternoon
George P. Shultz, William J. Perry, Henry A. Kissinger, and Sam Nunn, A World Free of Nuclear WeaponsMike Davis, The First Car Bomb; Cindy Folkers and Mary Olson, Radiation and Children: The Ignored Victims; Federico García Lorca, Casida of the Lament; Jennifer Abrahamson, An Injured Child; Samantha Power, from "Remarks at the Stockholm International Forum on Genocide Prevention"; George Lakoff, Beyond the War on Terror: Understanding Reflexive Thought; Nathan Schwartz-Salant, The American Psyche after September 11; Huston Smith, On Religion and Terrorism
Tariq Ramadan, The Spiritual Source of IslamEqbal Ahmad, Terrorism: Theirs and Ours; Vandana Shiva, Solidarity Against All Forms of Terrorism; Ida B. Wells- Barnett, Lynched for No Offense; The Fiqh Council of North America, Fatwa Issued on July 28, 2005; Nathan D. Baxter, Invocation for the National Day of Prayer and Remembrance for 9/11; Hafiz, I Have Come to This Earth; Chapter 2: An Unbearable Heartache: Trauma, Violence, and Memory; Judith Herman, The Aftermath of Violence: Trauma and Recovery; Ignacio Martín- Baró, from Writings for a Liberation Psychology
Robin Morgan, Ghosts and Echoes: Reflections after 9/11Rainer Maria Rilke, Be Ahead of All Parting; Deepak Chopra, The Deeper Wound; Elizabeth Neuffer, from The Key to My Neighbor's House: Seeking Justice in Bosnia and Rwanda; Jodie Evans, Just One Story; Nelly Sachs, Unfolding; Terry Tempest Williams, The Hidden Damage of Nuclear Weapons; Jasmina Tešanović, from The Diary of a Political Idiot:Normal Life in Belgrade; Mahmoud Darwish, Under Bombardment in Beirut; Ariel Dorfman, I Just Missed the Bus and I'll Be Late for Work; Helene Shulman Lorenz, Interrupted Subjects
Lenke Rothman, from "Not a Pass"Spojmai Zariab, Peace; Shantideva's Prayer; St. Thomas Aquinas, We Are Fields before Each Other; Chapter 3: Denial, Dogma, and the Heroic Myth; Amos Oz, How to Cure a Fanatic; Erich Fromm, from The Anatomy of Human Destructiveness; William Stafford, A Ritual to Read to Each Other; Martha Harrell, Terror Comes Full Circle; Joan Didion, He Would Need Some Shoes; Sigmund Freud, from "Thoughts for the Times on War and Death"; Howard Teich, Our Culture's Divided Soul; Ernest Becker, from The Denial of Death; Robert H. Ressler, The Verbal Weapon of Mass Destruction
Barbara Lee, Speech Opposing the Post- 9/11 Use of Force Pact, September 14, 2001
This inspired collection offers a new paradigm for moving the world beyond violence as the first, and often only, response to violence. Through essays and poetry, prayers and meditations, Transforming Terror powerfully demonstrates that terrorist violence-defined here as any attack on unarmed civilians-can never be stopped by a return to the thinking that created it. A diverse array of contributors-writers, healers, spiritual and political leaders, scientists, and activists, including Desmond Tutu, Huston Smith, Riane Eisler, Daniel Ellsberg, Amos Oz, Fatema Mernissi, Fritjof Capra, Geo
Description based on print version record.
Emotional intelligence.
Emotional intelligence.
Terror.
Terror.
Terrorism.
Terrorism - Psychological aspects.
Terrorism -- Psychological aspects.
Terrorism.
Violence - Prevention.
Violence -- Prevention.
Terrorism
Terror
Terrorism
Violence
Emotional intelligence
Social Welfare & Social Work
Social Sciences
Criminology, Penology & Juvenile Delinquency