Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis
Autor Jared Diamonden Limba Engleză Paperback – 7 mai 2019
In his earlier bestsellersGuns, Germs and SteelandCollapse, Jared Diamond transformed our understanding of what makes civilizations rise and fall. Now, in the final book in this monumental trilogy, he reveals how successful nations recover from crisis through selective change -- a coping mechanism more commonly associated with personal trauma.
In a dazzling comparative study, Diamond shows us how seven countries have survived defining upheavals in the recent past -- from US Commodore Perry's arrival in Japan to the Soviet invasion of Finland to Pinochet's regime in Chile -- through a process of painful self-appraisal and adaptation, and he identifies patterns in the way that these distinct nations recovered from calamity. Looking ahead to the future, he investigates whether the United States, and the world, are squandering their natural advantages, on a path towards political conflict and decline. Or can we still learn from the lessons of the past?
Adding a psychological dimension to the awe-inspiring grasp of history, geography, economics, and anthropology that marks all Diamond's work,Upheavalreveals how both nations and individuals can become more resilient. The result is a book that is epic, urgent, and groundbreaking.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780316492645
ISBN-10: 0316492647
Pagini: 512
Dimensiuni: 157 x 232 x 37 mm
Greutate: 0.71 kg
Editura: Little, Brown and Company
Colecția Little Brown and Company
ISBN-10: 0316492647
Pagini: 512
Dimensiuni: 157 x 232 x 37 mm
Greutate: 0.71 kg
Editura: Little, Brown and Company
Colecția Little Brown and Company
Notă biografică
Jared
Diamond,
a
noted
polymath,
is
Professor
of
Geography
at
the
University
of
California,
Los
Angeles.
Among
his
many
awards
are
the
U.S.
National
Medal
of
Science,
Japan's
Cosmos
Prize,
a
MacArthur
Foundation
Fellowship,
a
Pulitzer
Prize
for
General
Nonfiction,
and
election
to
the
U.S.
National
Academy
of
Sciences.
He
is
the
author
of
the
international
best-selling
booksGuns,
Germs,
and
Steel,Collapse,Why
Is
Sex
Fun?,The
World
until
Yesterday,
andThe
Third
Chimpanzee,
and
is
the
presenter
of
TV
documentary
series
based
on
three
of
those
books.
Recenzii
"Jared
Diamond
does
it
again:
another
rich,
original,
and
fascinating
chapter
in
the
human
saga,
this
one
on
how
societies
have
extricated
themselves
from
wicked
crises-with
vital
lessons
for
our
difficult
times."—Steven
Pinker,
Johnstone
Professor
of
Psychology,
Harvard
University,
and
author
of
The
Better
Angels
of
Our
Nature
and
Enlightenment
Now
"A riveting and illuminating tour of how nations deal with crises -- which might hopefully help humanity as a whole deal with our present global crisis."—Yuval Noah Harari, author of Sapiens and 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
"A new book by Jared Diamond is always a rare and welcome gift. I read them all as part of a single mosaic that, could it ever be fully completed, would finally reveal us to ourselves with haunting insight and clarity, as well as the planet we have the privilege to inhabit. Each book adds more interlocking pieces to that fascinating mosaic. In Upheaval, I find eye-opening lessons about the political and psychological forces that lead to crisis and then resilience, how individuals and nations experience trauma in similar ways, and what that suggests about our future and the world's. Fortunately for us, Diamond's remarkable gift for learning languages has allowed him to live under the surface of various cultures throughout his life, traveling extensively, both mentally and physically, while witnessing many dramatic personal and national upheavals firsthand. His ability to weigh them all with a compassionate heart, a keen eye and an eloquent pen have made him the masterful observer of the human pageant and the important man of conscience that he is. I'm deeply grateful for this wise and beautiful book."—Diane Ackerman, author of The Zookeeper's Wife
—Michael
Shermer,
publisher
of
Skeptic
magazine
and
author
of
Heavens
on
Earth
"A riveting and illuminating tour of how nations deal with crises -- which might hopefully help humanity as a whole deal with our present global crisis."—Yuval Noah Harari, author of Sapiens and 21 Lessons for the 21st Century
"A new book by Jared Diamond is always a rare and welcome gift. I read them all as part of a single mosaic that, could it ever be fully completed, would finally reveal us to ourselves with haunting insight and clarity, as well as the planet we have the privilege to inhabit. Each book adds more interlocking pieces to that fascinating mosaic. In Upheaval, I find eye-opening lessons about the political and psychological forces that lead to crisis and then resilience, how individuals and nations experience trauma in similar ways, and what that suggests about our future and the world's. Fortunately for us, Diamond's remarkable gift for learning languages has allowed him to live under the surface of various cultures throughout his life, traveling extensively, both mentally and physically, while witnessing many dramatic personal and national upheavals firsthand. His ability to weigh them all with a compassionate heart, a keen eye and an eloquent pen have made him the masterful observer of the human pageant and the important man of conscience that he is. I'm deeply grateful for this wise and beautiful book."—Diane Ackerman, author of The Zookeeper's Wife
"Jared
Diamond
is
one
of
the
deepest
thinkers
and
most
authoritative
writers
of
our
time
--
arguably
of
all
time
--
andUpheavalproves
his
prescience
in
analyzing
historical
crises
within
nations
at
a
time
when
national
crises
have
erupted
around
the
world.
It
is
also
his
most
personal
work,
sharing
with
readers
his
own
crises,
along
with
his
intimate
familiarity
with
many
countries
that
have
experienced
upheavals,
and
then
drawing
out
lessons
of
crisis
management
for
nations
today
and
in
the
future.
No
scientist
has
ever
won
the
Nobel
Prize
for
literature.
Jared
Diamond
should
be
the
first."