Tracing the Roots of Global Anger: Pankaj Mishra on How Broken Western Ideals Fueled Modern Unrest

Why does anger seem to rule the world today? Author Pankaj Mishra traces our age of anger to the collision of Enlightenment promises of liberty and equality with empire, nationalism, and capitalism. He examines what happens when those promises are broken—and when the Global South turns Western ideals back on the West itself.

In this episode, author Pankaj Mishra discusses his work, Age of Anger.

Episode credits: This episode was produced by Mohamed Hassan, Marcos Bartolomé, and Sonia Bhagat. It was edited by Alexandra Locke. Our engagement producer is Adam Abou-Gad, and our sound designer is Alex Roldan.

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