US President Donald Trump is a symptom of the Age of Anger, not its cause, says Pankaj Mishra. Photo: AFP
Book review: Pankaj Mishra’s thought-provoking critique of modernity tries to do too much
The Indian author and essayist presents a nightmarish riposte to the Panglossian account popularised by Francis Fukuyama in The End of History, but in the final analysis Mishra’s argument is overextended and not wholly convincing
US President Donald Trump is a symptom of the Age of Anger, not its cause, says Pankaj Mishra. Photo: AFP