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

3.0

Mishra's book attempts to present a fairly definitive history of the modern era, and being himself a child of both Western and Eastern traditions, he is in a better position than most to do this. However, in characterizing modernity's ressentiment (particularly focusing on male rage), I find it oddly lacking to mention the rise of feminism only in passing. Similarly, Mishra refers frequently to Rousseau's philosophies as architectural in our era but bleep-bloops over his misogyny. This is an interesting history but a disappointingly limited one.