Publisher's Synopsis
What is happening to our world? As part of its fiftieth anniversary celebrations, the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation invited a dozen international contributors - ten intellectuals, an artist and a poet - to reflect on some of the most urgent cultural and ethical issues of our time. The result is this original and challenging book.
The relationships between theological and secular ideologies, terrorism and culture, capitalism and democracy recur in several of these essays - as do the long shadows cast by the events of 11 September 2001 in New York and 7 July 2005 n London. As Emilio Rui Vilar says in his Foreword: 'We live in an age that is rich in experiences but also burdened by uncertainties and risks.' The contributors to The State of the World approach these complexities from a diverse range of backgrounds and perspectives, moving towards new strategies for hope in the future.
