A review by moris_deri
Age of Anger: A History of the Present by Pankaj Mishra

3.0

This book is a bit difficult to read. The writer is ambitious with his ideas and it ended up confusing me more than it explained. It tries to offer an alternative narrative to the mainstream account of enlightenment associated with Europe as a civilization. It forces readers to realign their views of how "development" supposedly liberates the poor only to end up inciting resentment and instigating tension. The author seems to enjoy dropping big names in order to sound intellectual, and thus this book is not for the uninitiated. I would recommend reading this after (not before) David Cannadine's Undivided Past, as there seems to be a logical link between the two.

DNF, but I want to. It is an interesting read in spite of me.