{"product_id":"age-of-anger-a-history-of-the-present-9781250159304","title":"Age of Anger: A History of the Present","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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePankaj Mishra\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eFrom the Ruins of Empire\u003c\/i\u003e and several other books. He is a columnist at \u003ci\u003eBloomberg View\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review, \u003c\/i\u003e and writes regularly for \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eLondon Review \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eof Books\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e. A fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, he lives in London\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50726546309394,"sku":"9781250159304","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_3505bae5-ff12-40aa-8db6-125c99764aa7.jpg?v=1734874449","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/age-of-anger-a-history-of-the-present-9781250159304","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}