Pankaj Mishra
Indian essayist and novelist whose Age of Anger traced the cultural roots of modern terrorism and populism in the Romantic reaction against Enlightenment rationalism. From the Ruins of Empire examined Asian intellectual responses to Western imperialism. He is the most cosmopolitan of contemporary essayists.
Works
- The RomanticsNovel exploring young friendship and disillusionment amid Varanasi's spiritual landscape
- Butter Chicken in LudhianaStory of an unlikely friendship between two men from different social classes
- An End to SufferingEssay collection exploring Buddhism and the pursuit of meaning across cultures
- From the Ruins of EmpireEssay examining the intellectual and political responses to Western imperialism
- Age of AngerEssay collection on the political resentment and ideology shaping the modern world
- Temptations of the WestEssay collection analyzing the cultural and political consequences of globalization
- Bland FanaticsEssay examining liberal democracy and the appeal of right-wing populism