Synopses & Reviews
The Impact of 9-11 on Psychology and Education is the fifth volume of the six-volume series The Day that Changed Everything? edited by Matthew J. Morgan. The series brings together from a broad spectrum of disciplines the leading thinkers of our time to reflect on one of the most significant events of our time. With forewords by Robert Sternberg and Philip Zimbardo, the volumes contributors include Henry Giroux, Jeff Greenberg, Thomas Pyszczynski, David Elkind, Yuval Neria, Roxane Cohen Silver, Stephen Sloan, Walter Davis, and other leading scholars.
Review
"An excellent collection of new perspectives for understanding and undertaking measures to apply the lessons from that terrible tragedy.”--John F. Lehman, Chairman, J.F. Lehman & Company, Member, National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States (9-11 Commission)
Review
“Millions have wondered about the psychological consequences of 9/11. No doubt hundreds have thought about collecting diverse interpretations. But only Matthew J. Morgan has actually secured testimony from psychologically-informed observers. Thoughtful persons today--as well as thoughtful persons in the future--are in his debt.”--Howard Gardner, Hobbs Professor of Cognition and Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education
"In contrast to the conformist and even self-serving reaction of so many politicians, regular citizens, and academics to the tragedy of 9/11, this volume presents a variety of thought-provoking perspectives. I also welcome the question mark in the title, which opens a discussion rather than foreclosing it. Experts in psychology, education, and similar disciplines contend with weighty existential, moral, and pragmatic issues, helping the reader reflect on what humans do or do not learn after devastating losses."--Etzel Cardeña, Thorsen Professor in Psychology, Lund University
“This collection of well-written, timely, interwoven essays will prove of great value to psychologists and educators at all levels--from the novice student to the experienced expert.”--Fathali M. Moghaddam, Professor of Psychology, Georgetown University, and author of How Globalization Spurs Terrorism
Synopsis
The Impact of 9-11 on Psychology and Education is the fifth volume of the six-volume series The Day that Changed Everything? edited by Matthew J. Morgan. It features forewords by Robert Sternberg and Philip Zimbardo.
About the Author
Matthew J. Morgan is Director of the Business Systems Analyst Group at Starwood Hotels. He has served in a variety of teaching appointments at various institutions, including Assistant Professor of Government at Bentley College, Lecturer of Organizational and Political Communications at Emerson College, and others. Morgan is a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and has completed graduate work at Harvard Business School and the University of Hawai`i. He served six years in U.S. Army intelligence, including a tour in Afghanistan in which he was awarded the Bronze Star. He is the author of A Democracy Is Born (2007) and The American Military after 9/11: Society, State, and Empire (2008).
Table of Contents
Foreword, Robert J. Sternberg * Foreword, Philip G. Zimbardo * Section I: Psychology and Trauma * Chapter 1 Eight Years in the Wake of 9/11: A Terror Management Analysis of the Psychological Repercussions of Global Terrorism, Spee Kosloff, Mark Landau, Dave Weise, Daniel Sullivan, and Jeff Greenberg * Chapter 2 Eight Years in the Wake of 9/11: A Terror Management Analysis of the Causes of Global Terrorism, Matt Motyl, Kenneth Vail III, and Thomas Pyszczynski * Chapter 3 Acute Psychological Reactions to 9/11, Roxane Cohen Silver and Marnie Brow * Chapter 4 The Mental Health Consequences of Exposure to the 9/11 Attacks, Yuval Neria, Rachel Fox, and Laura DiGrande * Chapter 5 Dark Clouds and Silver Linings: Socio-psychological Responses to 9/11, Linda J. Skitka, Benjamin Saunders, G. Scott Morgan, and Daniel Wisneski * Chapter 6 Shifting Moralities: Post-9/11 Responses to Shattered National Assumptions, Ronnie Janoff-Bulman and Ramila Usoof-Thowfeek * Chapter 7 Trauma Resolved is Trauma Denied: The Significance of 9/11 for Psychoanalysis, Walter A. Davis * Section II: Generational Effects * Chapter 10 The Effects of the War on Terror on the American Child, David Elkind * Chapter 11 Has Terrorism Changed the American Family? Deborah ODonnell and Jessica Powers * Chapter 12 The Impact of 9/11 on Adolescents Subsequent Health Risk Behaviors, Neil E. Grunberg and Sarah Shafer Berger * Death and Intergenerational Behavior: A Tale of Power and Immortality, Daniel C. Feiler and Kimberly A. Wade-Benzoni * Section III: Terrorism and Education * Chapter 14 Militarized Knowledge and Academic Soldiers: Arming the University, Henry A. Giroux * Chapter 15 Terrorism Education since 9/11, Stephen Sloan * Chapter 16 College Student Attitudes about 9/11, Morten G. Ender, David E. Rohall, and Michael D. Matthews * Chapter 17 Military Education: New Paradigms for a Post-9/11 World, James Forest * Chapter 18 “City of the World!”: A New Generations American Exceptionalism, Patricia Peknik