Public administration in a time of grace : citizenship and the future after september 11th
By: DENNARD, Linda F
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ArticlePublisher: Thousand Oaks : SAGE, March 2003Online resources: Click here to access online Administration & Society 35, 1, p. 03-08Abstract: Tragedy has two faces. It´s a source of horror, shame, and grief. It´s also the opportunity to reflect on the possibility of a different future and a different path for human social evolution. The tragedy of September 11th also provides the circumstances for considering how we might proceed once we have grieved and acknowledge our losses. It´s respectful of the human condition to consider what we might learn from this horror and what new guilding principles we might set in motion because of it. A second even more compelling tragedy looms if we learn only how to better defend ourselves and not also how to create a more peaceful and democratic world from the ashes of our sorrow
Tragedy has two faces. It´s a source of horror, shame, and grief. It´s also the opportunity to reflect on the possibility of a different future and a different path for human social evolution. The tragedy of September 11th also provides the circumstances for considering how we might proceed once we have grieved and acknowledge our losses. It´s respectful of the human condition to consider what we might learn from this horror and what new guilding principles we might set in motion because of it. A second even more compelling tragedy looms if we learn only how to better defend ourselves and not also how to create a more peaceful and democratic world from the ashes of our sorrow
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