What’s happening?
The latest research collection by the Einaudi centre in Turin makes for a good guide to understand change
Change (not always necessarily negative) is what the world is experiencing. A condition that must be understood and as such analysed with care, by everyone. Above all, a condition whose key terms need to be clarified by those who, not just in institutions but also in enterprises and social organisations, hold particularly responsible roles. Thus, having clear and accurate information is of the essence and that is precisely what readers get with Il mondo postglobale (A postglobal world), the latest research collection curated by Mario Deaglio for the Luigi Einaudi research and documentation centre in Turin, with the contribution of Intesa Sanpaolo.
This research collection starts from a clearly outlined scope: in the 1920s, and in the 20th century – that is, our own times – the world finds itself at the intersection of four crises: the pandemic crisis, not yet concluded, which has accelerated the pace of ongoing changes and given rise to new ones; the climate-environmental crisis, which, this summer, really started affecting several parts of the planet; the geopolitical crisis, with an ongoing war at the heart of the old continent; and, finally, the economic-social crisis, partly triggered by technological innovation and exacerbated by climate, pandemic and war. These are not, the authors of the various analyses immediately clarify, necessarily negative crises, but “crises in the Greek sense of the term”, that is, attempting a most faithful translation, “decisive moments”. In other words, the world is changing, and the direction that change will take depends on a number of responsible choices made by society, and certainly not merely by choices imposed top-down, while also considering the loss of some features from the “world before”: global ones, for instance, but also those linked to the ability to grow. In order to better understand, and make better choices, it is necessary to find and try out new paths, and look at reality with fresh eyes.
Hence, the collection of essays curated by Deaglio explores, above all, the features of 2022, described as “the year that changed the world” and then goes on to investigate more in depth the reasons for change, which lead to the notion that “the world will never be the same again” and subsequently the approaches (yielding different responses) that the United States and Europe have taken to tackle what is happening. The focus then shifts onto Italy and an effort is made to suggests what should be done.
In his conclusion, Deaglio writes, “Past thinkers and schools of thought cannot provide us with solutions suited to our issues. The concept of freedom needs to be deeply reviewed, and projected from an abstract, timeless present towards a future where generations are ‘interlinked’, where living individuals are part of a relationship that includes those who lived before and will live after them, and the same applies to concepts of production and its costs, wealth and income distribution and so on.”
Il mondo postglobale (A postglobal world)
Mario Deaglio (curated by)
Guerini e Associati, 2022
The latest research collection by the Einaudi centre in Turin makes for a good guide to understand change
Change (not always necessarily negative) is what the world is experiencing. A condition that must be understood and as such analysed with care, by everyone. Above all, a condition whose key terms need to be clarified by those who, not just in institutions but also in enterprises and social organisations, hold particularly responsible roles. Thus, having clear and accurate information is of the essence and that is precisely what readers get with Il mondo postglobale (A postglobal world), the latest research collection curated by Mario Deaglio for the Luigi Einaudi research and documentation centre in Turin, with the contribution of Intesa Sanpaolo.
This research collection starts from a clearly outlined scope: in the 1920s, and in the 20th century – that is, our own times – the world finds itself at the intersection of four crises: the pandemic crisis, not yet concluded, which has accelerated the pace of ongoing changes and given rise to new ones; the climate-environmental crisis, which, this summer, really started affecting several parts of the planet; the geopolitical crisis, with an ongoing war at the heart of the old continent; and, finally, the economic-social crisis, partly triggered by technological innovation and exacerbated by climate, pandemic and war. These are not, the authors of the various analyses immediately clarify, necessarily negative crises, but “crises in the Greek sense of the term”, that is, attempting a most faithful translation, “decisive moments”. In other words, the world is changing, and the direction that change will take depends on a number of responsible choices made by society, and certainly not merely by choices imposed top-down, while also considering the loss of some features from the “world before”: global ones, for instance, but also those linked to the ability to grow. In order to better understand, and make better choices, it is necessary to find and try out new paths, and look at reality with fresh eyes.
Hence, the collection of essays curated by Deaglio explores, above all, the features of 2022, described as “the year that changed the world” and then goes on to investigate more in depth the reasons for change, which lead to the notion that “the world will never be the same again” and subsequently the approaches (yielding different responses) that the United States and Europe have taken to tackle what is happening. The focus then shifts onto Italy and an effort is made to suggests what should be done.
In his conclusion, Deaglio writes, “Past thinkers and schools of thought cannot provide us with solutions suited to our issues. The concept of freedom needs to be deeply reviewed, and projected from an abstract, timeless present towards a future where generations are ‘interlinked’, where living individuals are part of a relationship that includes those who lived before and will live after them, and the same applies to concepts of production and its costs, wealth and income distribution and so on.”
Il mondo postglobale (A postglobal world)
Mario Deaglio (curated by)
Guerini e Associati, 2022