Bland Fanatics

Liberals, the West and the Afterlives of Empire

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Bland Fanatics

Liberals, the West and the Afterlives of Empire

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Decades of violence and chaos have generated a political and intellectual hysteria-ranging from imperial atavism to paranoia about invading or hectically breeding Muslim hordes-that has affected even the most intelligent in Anglo-America. In Bland Fanatics, Pankaj Mishra examines this hysteria and its fantasists, taking on its arguments and the atmosphere in which it has festered and become influential. In essays that grapple with colonialism, human rights, and the doubling down of liberalism against a background of faltering economies and weakening Anglo-American hegemony, Mishra confronts writers from Jordan Peterson and Niall Ferguson to Salman Rushdie and Ayaan Hirsi Ali. With a newly written introduction, these essays provide a vantage point from which to look seriously at the current crisis.

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Published 01 Sep 2020
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Extent 224
ISBN 9781788737333
Imprint Verso
Dimensions Not specified
Publisher New Left Books Ltd

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