When in 1989 Poland emerged from its more than half-century of isolation, overnight it was propelled into the rapid current of world political, social and economic change. Twelve years after that moment, on September 11, 2001, much like the rest of the "Euro-Atlantic" world, the country found itself facing new problems like global tension and the threat of terrorism. The tempo and scale of these changes justify a certain lack of ease and a degree of fear. They also give rise to dramatic questions and create a need for understanding.
In this book, Jacek Żakowski takes on the role of a spokesperson for Polish questions about the future of the world and the future of Poland. He poses these questions to thirteen world famous political scientists, sociologists, economists, concept historians, philosophers and futurologists: Benjamin R. Barber, Ralf Dahrendorf, Francis Fukuyama, Samuel P. Huntington, Ryszard Kapuscinski, Stanislaw Lem, Krzysztof Michalski, Jesco von Puttkamer, Jeremy Rifkin, Pierre Sane, Aleksander Smolar, Lester C. Thurow, Alvin Toffler. Through passion and inquisitiveness, Zakowski has produced a book that is fiery and embodies journalism of the highest quality.
- Jacek Żakowski
Trwoga i nadzieja. Rozmowy o przyszłości / Fear and Hope. Discussions on the Future
Wydawnictwo Sic!, Warszawa 2003
135 x 205, 256 pages, paperback
ISBN 83-88807-22-6
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