Jungian reflections on September 11 : a global nightmare.

Preface/ Robert Hinshaw. September 11 : transatlantic reflections / Luigi Zoja. Islamic terrorism / Wolfgang Giegerich. The motivation of terrorists / Adolf Guggenbuhl-Craig. The terror and the temple / Victor-Pierre Stirnimann. A safe place / Verena Kast ; From Wahhabism to Talibanism / Hechmi Dhaoui. Ground zero : a reading / James Hillman. Religion's role in the psychology of terrorism / Ann Belford Ulanov. Stories about stories / Donald Williams.

'Throughout history, wars and other catastrophes have produced mass destruction far greater than what occurred in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 on New York and Washington. Yet seldom has such a pervasive and all-encompassing shock been felt as with the brutal and unprecedented '911'. Along with the tragic aspects, what might this 'global nightmare' have to to say to us? What is there for us to acknowledge and what old and new wounds have been opened? What sort of legacy has been left behind? These big questions and many more face us now in the aftermath. In this book, the highly complex incident of 911 is circled and examined from many angles by a variety of writers who all share a wide experience in depth psychology. What might a psychotherapist perceive in this eruption of tragic contents?'

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