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From The Ruins Of Empire: The Revolt Against The West And The Remaking
Of Asia By Pankaj Mishra (Paperback, 2013)
Pankaj Mishra's provocative account of how China India and the Muslim World are remaking the world in their own image - shortlisted for the Orwell Prize 2013SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2013Viewed in the West as a time of self-confident progress the Victorian period was experienced by Asians as a catastrophe As the British gunned down the last heirs to the Mughal Empire or burned down the Summer Palace in Beijing it was clear that for Asia to recover a new way of thinking was needed Pankaj Mishra re-tells the history of the past two centuries showing how a remarkable disparate group of thinkers journalists radicals and charismatics emerged from the ruins of empire to create an unstoppable Asian renaissance one whose ideas lie behind everything from the Chinese Communist Party to the
Muslim Brotherhood and have made our world what it is todayReviews'Arrestingly original this penetrating and disquieting book should be on the reading list of anybody who wants to understand where we are today' John Gray Independent 'A riveting account that makes new and illuminating connections deeply entertaining and deeply humane' Hisham Matar'Fascinating a rich and genuinely thought-provoking book' Noel Malcolm Sunday Telegraph'Provocative shaming and convincing' Michael Binyon The Times 'Lively engaging retains the power to shock' Mark Mazower Financial Times'Subtle erudite and entertaining' Economist New DelhiAbout the authorPankaj Mishra is the author of Butter Chicken in Ludiana The Romantics An End to Suffering and Temptations of the West He writes principally for the Guardian The
New York Times London Review of Books and New York Review of Books He lives in London Shimla and New York
Muslim Brotherhood and have made our world what it is todayReviews'Arrestingly original this penetrating and disquieting book should be on the reading list of anybody who wants to understand where we are today' John Gray Independent 'A riveting account that makes new and illuminating connections deeply entertaining and deeply humane' Hisham Matar'Fascinating a rich and genuinely thought-provoking book' Noel Malcolm Sunday Telegraph'Provocative shaming and convincing' Michael Binyon The Times 'Lively engaging retains the power to shock' Mark Mazower Financial Times'Subtle erudite and entertaining' Economist New DelhiAbout the authorPankaj Mishra is the author of Butter Chicken in Ludiana The Romantics An End to Suffering and Temptations of the West He writes principally for the Guardian The
New York Times London Review of Books and New York Review of Books He lives in London Shimla and New York
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