{"id":3653,"date":"2011-10-05T22:31:18","date_gmt":"2011-10-06T02:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/anthrop\/?p=3653"},"modified":"2020-08-13T15:49:47","modified_gmt":"2020-08-13T20:49:47","slug":"the-world-post-911","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/anthrop\/2011\/10\/05\/the-world-post-911\/","title":{"rendered":"The World, Post 9\/11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>BU faculty and staff on what\u2019s changed in decade since<\/strong><br \/>\nEdited by John O\u2019Rourke<\/p>\n<p>By sheer coincidence I was teaching Sophocles\u2019 Antigone in my course on conflict resolution on that fateful September day that changed the world\u2014alas not for the better, at least not so far in America.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div class=\"testimonial\">\n<p><img src=\"\/anthrop\/files\/2011\/10\/v_Haeri_07-2496-006.jpg\" width=\"262\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Shahla Haeri<\/strong>CAS associate professor of anthropology and author of <i>No Shame for the Sun: Lives of Professional Pakistani Women;<\/i> has written extensively on religion, law, and gender dynamics in the Muslim world.<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p>A major theme in this undying tragedy, written some 400 years before Christ, has to do with the role of a leader at times of crises and chaos. Tragedy becomes inevitable in the absence of a leader\u2019s transcendental vision and wisdom, and his inability\u2014or unwillingness\u2014to negotiate intractable conflicts. The catastrophe that struck America provoked heartfelt sympathy for the Americans and universal condemnation for the perpetrators. But the global goodwill dissipated just as quickly as it had been spontaneously formed when our leaders lost sight of their initial moral objective and diverted their attention from reconstructing Afghanistan to invading Iraq.<\/p>\n<p>As the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq dragged on, our leaders dug their heels deeper in the quagmire. Lost in the fog of war, political vigilantism, isolationism, and ideological intolerance replaced American democratic idealism, and corporate greed rampaged our economy. While the election of an African American president revived many Americans\u2019 hope of moving forward, surprisingly, it awakened dormant racism among some, inflamed ideological divisions and social cynicism. Ironically, President Obama\u2019s election and leadership have inspired millions of Arab youth to revolt against their own despotic leaders in hopes of institutionalizing democratic principles.<\/p>\n<p>A good and wise leader inspires globally, if not always locally.<\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bu.edu\/today\/2011\/the-world-post-9-11\/\">From September 09 2011 (BU Today)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<div style=\"position: absolute; left: 475px; top: 60px; padding-left: 15px; padding-bottom: 15px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.addthis.com\/bookmark.php\" onmouseover=\"return addthis_open(this, '', '[URL]', '[TITLE]')\" onmouseout=\"addthis_close()\" onclick=\"return addthis_sendto()\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/anthrop\/files\/2011\/01\/addthis.gif\" width=\"65\" height=\"16\" border=\"0\" alt=\"SHARE\" \/><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/s7.addthis.com\/js\/152\/addthis_widget.js\"><\/script><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BU faculty and staff on what\u2019s changed in decade since Edited by John O\u2019Rourke By sheer coincidence I was teaching Sophocles\u2019 Antigone in my course on conflict resolution on that fateful September day that changed the world\u2014alas not for the better, at least not so far in America.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3477,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1607],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/anthrop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3653"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/anthrop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/anthrop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/anthrop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3477"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/anthrop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3653"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/anthrop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3653\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10111,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/anthrop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3653\/revisions\/10111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/anthrop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/anthrop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/anthrop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}