Adrift: How Our World Lost Its Way

Breathtaking analysis of the current global crisis from one of the Arab world''s most respected writers “True change is possible: Maalouf shows us possible ways forward in magnificent prose filled with wisdom.” “With his consciously nurtured multiple identity, Maalouf is just the sort of interlocutor this period needs. He reaches deep into unmined seams of cultural history, scything elegantly through cliché and conventional models of received wisdom.” “The writer and scholar delves back into his own history to analyze the tragic consequences of the shock prophesized by Samuel Huntington.” The United States is losing its moral credibility. The European Union is breaking apart. Africa, the Arab world, and the Mediterranean are becoming battlefields for various regional and global powers. Extreme forms of nationalism are on the rise. Thus divided, humanity is unable to address global threats to the environment and our health. How did we get here and what is yet to come? World-renowned scholar and bestselling author Amin Maalouf seeks to raise awareness and pursue a new human solidarity. In Adrift, Maalouf traces how civilisations have drifted apart throughout the 20th century, mixing personal narrative and historical analysis to provide a warning signal for the future.

• | Author: Amin Maalouf, Frank Wynne
• | Publisher: World Editions Ltd
• | Publication Date: Sep 04, 2020
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• | Language: eng
• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781912987108
• | ISBN-10: 1912987104