Alessandro Vanoli's 'Oriente. Una Storia' explores East-West narratives
Alessandro Vanoli's book 'Oriente. Una Storia' (Laterza, 2025) offers a dual historical analysis, examining long-term transformations while addressing contemporary fractures. The author explicitly opposes nationalist political stances, linking new identity obsessions to the development of increasingly broad and articulated global networks. Vanoli writes from a world weary with fears, wars, and uncertainties, acknowledging an unknown future but drawing on past knowledge to envision how to face what lies ahead.
Key facts
- Alessandro Vanoli is the author of 'Oriente. Una Storia'
- The book is published by Laterza in 2025
- The work develops on a dual analytical plane: long-term transformations and present-day lacerations
- Vanoli opposes nationalist political alignments
- The author connects new identity obsessions to the growth of global networks
- The book addresses fears in contemporary societies
- The quote 'Scrivo da un mondo stanco, pieno di paure, di guerre e di incertezze' opens the work
Entities
Artists
- Alessandro Vanoli
Institutions
- Laterza