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From the Ruins of Empire - The Revolt Against the West and the Remaking of Asia (Paperback)
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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 2013 SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL
PRIZE 2013 Viewed 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 today. Reviews:
'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
Delhi About the author: Pankaj 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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