Rethinking Ourselves: Justice, Reform and Ignorance in Postnormal Times [Hardcover]

A groundbreaking exploration of justice, democracy and Islamophobia, inviting us to reconsider our assumptions and build a more equitable future.Change has run amok! Technology advances by the minute, and much of what we think we know about the world fades in front of our eyes. How we are, how we know, how we live our daily lives--all shifting quicker than we can cope with.Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysia's tenth Prime Minister, asks how we might rethink ourselves for these confusing, uncertain and volatile times, and shape fairer, more sustainable futures. Anwar's passion is rooted in experience: he spent, in total, over a decade behind bars after three separate miscarriages of justice, from his days as a student activist to his time as Leader of the Opposition.Alongside reflections on his time in prison are critical investigations into truth, justice, post-colonialism, Islamophobia, democracy and global order. Anwar assembles ideas from East and West, North and South, to explore how we can create a new inclusive synthesis for a good society and world. Vividly expressed, expertly dissected, this is a timely book for our turbulent age.Anwar Ibrahim, Malaysia's Prime Minister, is a public intellectual and founder of the People's Justice Party. He endured a decade of imprisonment for his staunch anti-corruption and reformist politics. Formerly based at the University of Oxford, and Georgetown and Johns Hopkins Universities, he is the author ofThe Asian Renaissance. One of the most erudite collections of essays out in this or any recent year. --Asian Review of Books

Rethinking Ourselvesreads as a memoir and an intellectual journey. These autobiographical strands give emotional weight to his ideas about justice, freedom, struggle, and dignity. --The Star, Malaysia

A groundbreaking exploration of justice, democracy and Islamophobia, inviting us to reconsider our assumptions and build a more equitable future.