Introduction

The urgent crises of our times, ranging from geopolitical instabilities and global inequalities to institutional racism and ecological degradation, are exacerbating a profound and widespread sense of ill-being. To fully grasp the depth of these challenges requires situating today's calamities within a broader historical arc. Similarly, understanding localized injustices demands a global perspective. Without such historical and global contextualization, it becomes impossible to meaningfully address the structural injustices that continue to underlie and sustain contemporary global suffering.