Age of anger : a history of the present / Pankaj Mishra
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TextPublisher: [London] : Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2017Description: ix, 405 pages ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- text
- unmediated
- unmediated
- volume
- volume
- 9780141984087
- 9780141984087:
- 0141984082
- World politics -- To 1900
- World politics -- 21st century
- World politics -- 1989-
- Political culture
- Civilization, Modern
- Power (Social sciences)
- Civilization, Western
- Paranoia
- Anger -- Political aspects -- History
- History, Modern
- Social change -- Political aspects -- History
- Youth -- Political activity -- History
- Nationalism -- History
- Terrorism -- History
- Religion and politics -- History
- 909.8 MIS
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Standard Loan | Moylish Library Main Collection | 909.8 MIS (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 39002100604413 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
How can we explain the origins of the great wave of paranoid hatreds that seem inescapable in our close-knit world - from American 'shooters' and ISIS to Trump, from a rise in vengeful nationalism across the world to racism and misogyny on social media? In Age of Anger , Pankaj Mishra answers our bewilderment by casting his gaze back to the eighteenth century, before leading us to the present.
He shows that as the world became modern those who were unable to fulfil its promises - freedom, stability and prosperity - were increasingly susceptible to demagogues. It was from among the ranks of the disaffected that the militants of the 19th century arose - angry young men who became cultural nationalists in Germany, messianic revolutionaries in Russia, bellicose chauvinists in Italy, and anarchist terrorists internationally.
Today, just as then, the wider embrace of mass politics, technology, and the pursuit of wealth and individualism has cast many more billions adrift in a literally demoralized world, uprooted from tradition but still far from modernity - with the same terrible results. Making startling connections and comparisons, Age of Anger is a book of immense urgency and profound argument. It is a history of our present predicament unlike any other.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-372) and index.
Author notes provided by Syndetics
Pankaj Mishra is currently editing an anthology of contemporary Indian writers. He divides his time between New Delhi & Simla.(Bowker Author Biography)