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Bland Fanatics - Hardback is a timely collection of Pankaj Mishra’s provocative essays on the end of liberalism—its history, its contradictions, and the challenges it faces today. A global tour from Beijing to Cairo, Delhi to Paris, it travels across centuries to illuminate how ideas travel, collide, and reshape world events. Written for readers who crave thoughtful analysis of politics, culture, and history, this volume pairs sharp intelligence with a fearless, engaging voice.
The book unfolds as a flowing sequence of essays rather than a single argument, inviting readers to roam from one scene to the next with clarity and conviction. Mishra’s prose is lucid, deliberately combative when needed, and relentlessly patient in building context. Bland Fanatics - Hardback stands out for its willingness to connect cultural, political, and historical threads across time and place—exploring democracy, nationalism, celebrity discourse, and the global forces that shape our daily lives. In this collection, complex ideas feel accessible, and the pace moves with urgency and curiosity.
In Bland Fanatics - Hardback, Mishra engages with figures and moments that animate our contemporary moment—Salman Rushdie, the self-help currents embodied by Jordan Peterson, the analytical gaze of The Economist, and the terrain of Brexit—while continually zooming out to reveal broader patterns in literature, philosophy, and public life. The writing blends insightful storytelling with rigorous critique, offering readers not only perspectives to consider but questions to carry forward in their own thinking.
After finishing Bland Fanatics - Hardback, readers gain a clearer sense of how liberal ideas evolved, why they are contested today, and how culture and politics influence one another on a global scale. It leaves you with a sharpened ability to read current events more critically and a broader appreciation for the forces that shape our world, offering lasting value beyond the last page.
Product Details
Author
Pankaj Mishra
Publisher
Juggernaut
Language
English
SKU
BK0426360
ISBN
9789353451196
Reading Age
All
Binding
Hardback
MRP: ₹ 599
₹ 509
15% Off
Pankaj Mishra Is The Author Of From The Ruins Of Empire And Several Other Books. He Is A Columnist At Bloomberg View And The New York Times Book Review, And Writes Regularly For The Guardian, The London Review Of Books, And The New Yorker. A Fellow Of The Royal Society Of Literature, He Lives In London.