After Terror: Promoting Dialogue Among Civilizations edited by Akbar Ahmed and Brian Forst

After Terror: Promoting Dialogue Among Civilizations edited by Akbar Ahmed and Brian Forst this is a collection of very short essays discussing how a clash of civilizations can be prevented. I can't fault the contributor list there are some very heavy hitters here they include 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. Unfortunately the essays are very short most a few thousand words. Which really isn't enough time to develop an idea. Some ideas are interesting but a lot of the essays and up sounding like platitudes. Rather interesting was Bernard Lewis who actually comes off sounding like a rational individual unlike in his recent ranting.

Not recommended!

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