Minds in Collapse
The Global Struggle of Youth, Identity, and Human Nature
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Across the world, a quiet collapse is unfolding. Youth from vastly different cultures, religions, and nations are beginning to look, think, speak, and desire in the same way. Shaped by screens, algorithms, and globalized culture, a single prototype human is emerging—digitally connected yet internally fragmented, informed yet directionless, free yet increasingly anxious.
Minds in Collapse examines this global condition not as a technological accident, but as a human crisis. Drawing on contemporary social realities and the enduring insights of thinkers such as Ibn Sina, Ibn Khaldun, al-Ghazali, al-Farabi, Ibn Rushd, Ali Shariati, and Muhammad Iqbal, the book explores how identity, morality, and inner balance have been eroded in the digital age. Education without wisdom, freedom without responsibility, authority without meaning, and constant stimulation without reflection have left the modern individual misaligned with their own nature.
Rather than focusing on one country or ideology, this book speaks to a shared global experience. It argues that the crisis of youth is not rooted in lack of opportunity, but in loss of inner orientation—what classical thought describes as fitrat, the natural harmony between the human self, moral order, and purpose.
Minds in Collapse does not offer quick fixes or technological optimism. It offers clarity. It invites readers to confront uncomfortable truths about modern life and to consider renewal not through systems alone, but through the restoration of inner coherence, responsibility, and meaning. This is a book for those who sense that something essential has been lost—and who are no longer willing to ignore it.
Details
- Publication Date
- Mar 16, 2026
- Language
- English
- Category
- Social Science
- Copyright
- All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License
- Contributors
- By (author): Joseph Basaran
Specifications
- Pages
- 146
- Binding Type
- Hardcover Linen Wrap
- Interior Color
- Black & White
- Dimensions
- Digest (5.5 x 8.5 in / 140 x 216 mm)
Keywords
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