After Terror presents sustained reflections by some of the world'smost celebrated thinkers on the most pressing question of our time:how can we find ways to defuse the ticking bombs of terrorism andexcessive interventions against it? It offers an antidote to thefatalistic global holy war perspective that afflicts muchcontemporary thought, focusing instead on the principles, issues,and acts needed to shift course from alienation and conflict to apath of sanity and goodwill among cultures and civilizations.The central aim of the book is to advance contemporary thinkingon the causes and implications of 9/11 and thus provide theessential elements of a blueprint for humanity. It features 28original essays by some of the world's leading public figures,scholars, and religious leaders, including Benjamin Barber,Zbigniew Brzezinski, Jean Bethke Elshtain, Amitai Etzioni, BernardLewis, Martin Marty, Queen Noor, Joseph Nye, Judea Pearl, JonathanSacks, Ravi Shankar, Bishop Desmond Tutu, E.O. Wilson and James D.Wolfensohn.After Terror attests to the power of dialogue and mutualunderstanding and the possibility of tolerance, respect,cooperation, and commitment. Without ignoring the dangers of themodern world, it points to a future in which people can celebrateboth the fundamental sentiments and interests that we share and thediversities that make us human.