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Forbidden

内容简介

Wearestillsurprisedbyevil.FromAuschwitztotheeventsofSeptember11,wehavebeenshockedintorecognizingthestartlingcapacityforevilwithinthehumanheart.Wenowknow9/11revealedthatourcountrywasunpreparedintermsofnationalsecurity,butitalsoshowedwewereintellectuallyandmorallyunpreparedtodealwithsuchabarbaricact.Ourlanguagetodescribeevilandourethicalwilltoresistithavegrownuncertainandconfused.Manywhospeakunabashedlyofevilaredismissedassimplistic,old–fashioned,andoutoftunewiththerealitiesofmodernlife.Yetwemusthavesomekindoflanguagetohelpusunderstandthepainandsufferingattheheartofhumanexperience.AuthorandspeakerOsGuinnessconfrontsourinabilitytounderstandevil–letalonerespondtoiteffectively–byprovidingbothalexiconandastrategyforfindingawayforward.Since9/11,muchpublicdiscussionhascenteredonthedestructivenessofextremistreligion.Guinnessprovocativelyarguesthatthisisfarfromanaccuratepictureandtooeasyanexplanation.Inthisexpansiveexplorationofboththecausesofmodernevilandsolutionsforthefuture,hefacesourtragicrecentpastandourdisturbingpresentwithcourageoushonesty.Inordertolivean"examinedlife,"Guinnesswrites,wemustcometotermswithourbeliefsregardingevilandultimatelyjointhefightagainstit.Addressingindividualsaswellasatraumatizedculture,Unspeakableisaninvitationtoexplorethechallengeofcontemporaryevil,acalltoconfrontourcultureoffear,andajourneytofindwordstocometotermswiththeunspeakablesothatitwillnolongerleaveusmute.

作者简介

ElaineHallElaineHall("CoachE")isthefounderofTheMiracleProject.Whentraditionaltherapiesfailedtohelpherautisticson,shesoughtoutcreativepeople—actors,writers,andteachers—toworkwithhim.ThemethodsElainedevelopedtoreachkidswithautismresultedinTheMiracleProjectandwereprofiledintheHBOdocumentary,Autism:TheMusical.

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