Author, "Age of Anger: A History of the Present”
Author, "Age of Anger: A History of the Present”
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Pankaj Mishra
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FROM Pankaj Mishra
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Today's anger rooted in Enlightenment ideas of democracy These days, there’s populist anger behind Donald Trump’s election, anger against immigrants and refugees. There’s ISIS and terrorism. If all this seems unprecedented, it isn’t. A new book traces the roots of our current fury.
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