Understanding September 11 / Craig Calhoun, Paul Price, and Ashley Timmer, editors.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / Craig Calhoun, Paul Price and Ashley Timmer -- 1. Religious Terror and Global War / Mark Juergensmeyer -- 2. The Struggle for the Soul of Islam / Robert W. Hefner -- 3. "Traditionalist" Islamic Activism: Deoband, Tablighis, and Talibs / Barbara D. Metcalf -- 4. The Religious Undertow of Muslim Economic Grievances / Timur Kuran -- 5. The Globalization of Informal Violence, Theories of World Politics, and "the Liberalism of Fear" / Robert O. Keohane -- 6. Violence, Law, and Justice in a Global Age / David Held -- 7. Governance Hotspots: Challenges We Must Confront in the Post-September 11 World / Saskia Sassen -- 8. The United States and the World Economy After September 11th / Barry Eichengreen -- 9. States, Terrorists, and the Clash of Civilizations / Jack A. Goldstone -- 10. Beyond Militarism, Arms Races, and Arms Control / Mary Kaldor -- 11. 9/11: Before, After, and In Between / James Der Derian -- 12. Is Cyber Terror Next? / Dorothy E. Denning --

13. Black September, Infantile Nihilism, and National Security / Bruce Cumings -- 14. On War and Peace-building: Unfinished Legacy of the 1990s / Susan L. Woodward -- 15. Unholy Wars. Reclaiming Democratic Virtues After September 11 / Seyla Benhabib -- 16. Terrorism and the Assault on Politics / Peter Alexander Meyers -- 17. The Threat to Patriotism / Ronald Dworkin -- 18. Guarding the Gates / Aristide R. Zolberg -- 19. The Political Psychology of Competing Narratives: September 11 and Beyond / Marc Howard Ross -- 20. Ordinary Feelings, Extraordinary Events: Moral Complexity in 9/11 / Rajeev Bhargava -- 21. Close Encounters: Islam, Modernity, and Violence / Nilufer Gole -- 22. America and the World: The Twin Towers as Metaphor / Immanuel Wallerstein -- 23. Violence and Home: Afghan Women's Experience of Displacement / Saba Gul Khattak -- 24. Memorializing Absence / Marita Sturken.