{"product_id":"age-of-anger-book-pankaj-mishra-9780374274788","title":"Age of Anger","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of our most important public intellectuals reveals the hidden history of our current global crisis.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLonglisted for the Orwell Prize \u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book of 2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a Best Book of the Year by \u003ci\u003eSlate \u003c\/i\u003eand NPR\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHow 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 Donald Trump, from a rise in vengeful nationalism across the world to racism and misogyny on social media? In \u003ci\u003eAge of Anger\u003c\/i\u003e, Pankaj Mishra answers our bewilderment by casting his gaze back to the eighteenth century before leading us to the present. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe shows that as the world became modern, those who were unable to enjoy its promises--of freedom, stability, and prosperity--were increasingly susceptible to demagogues. The many who came late to this new world--or were left, or pushed, behind--reacted in horrifyingly similar ways: with intense hatred of invented enemies, attempts to re-create an imaginary golden age, and self-empowerment through spectacular violence. It was from among the ranks of the disaffected that the militants of the nineteenth century arose--angry young men who became cultural nationalists in Germany, messianic revolutionaries in Russia, bellicose chauvinists in Italy, and anarchist terrorists internationally. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eToday, just as then, the wide embrace of mass politics and technology and the pursuit of wealth and individualism have cast many more billions adrift in a demoralized world, uprooted from tradition but still far from modernity--with the same terrible results. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMaking startling connections and comparisons, \u003ci\u003eAge of Anger \u003c\/i\u003eis a book of immense urgency and profound argument. It is a history of our present predicament unlike any other.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49559090594065,"sku":"GOR008792397","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49926718914833,"sku":"CIN0374274789G","price":4.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50019534438673,"sku":"CIN0374274789VG","price":4.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50348655083793,"sku":"CIN0374274789A","price":4.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":50755049455889,"sku":"GOR012922044","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0374274789.jpg?v=1751425770","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/age-of-anger-book-pankaj-mishra-9780374274788","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}