

Age of Anger
A History of the Present
Author: Pankaj Mishra
Narrator: Derek Perkins
Unabridged: 12 hr 8 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Tantor Media
Published: 02/07/2017
Categories: Nonfiction, History, World History, Political Science, History & Theory
Synopsis
As the world became modern, those who were unable to enjoy its promises of freedom, stability, and prosperity were increasingly susceptible to demagogues. 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.
Today, just as then, the embrace of mass politics and technology and the pursuit of wealth and individualism have cast many more billions adrift, 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.