Pankaj Mishra: 13 books
Aus den Ruinen des Empires
Die Revolte gegen den Westen und der Wiederaufstieg Asiens
Language: German
Release Date: October 23, 2013
Asiens Antwort auf den westlichen Imperialismus: "Provokant, beschämend und überzeugend" The TimesNachdem die letzten Erben des Mogul-Reiches getötet und der Sommerpalast in Peking zerstört war, schien die asiatische Welt vom Westen besiegt. Erstmals erzählt der Essayist und Schriftsteller Pankaj...
by Pankaj Mishra
Language: Spanish
Release Date: March 22, 2017
Language: Spanish
Release Date: March 22, 2017
¿Cómo podemos explicar los orígenes de la gran oleada de odios que parecen inevitables en nuestro mundo -desde los francotiradores norteamericanos y el DAESH a Donald Trump, desde un aumento del nacionalismo vindicativo en todo el planeta al racismo y la misoginia en las redes sociales?- En este...
Das Zeitalter des Zorns
Eine Geschichte der Gegenwart
Language: German
Release Date: June 22, 2017
Wie können wir den Ursprung des Hasses erklären, der unsere Welt überzieht – von Amokläufern über den IS bis hin zu Donald Trump, von rachsüchtigem Nationalismus bis zu Rassismus und Frauenfeindlichkeit in den Sozialen Medien? Der britisch-indische Intellektuelle Pankaj Mishra gibt in seinem...
Temptations of the West
How to Be Modern in India, Pakistan, Tibet, and Beyond
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2007
A vivid, often surprising account of South Asia today by the author of An End to Suffering
In his new book, Pankaj Mishra brings literary authority and political insight to bear on travels that are at once epic and personal. Traveling in the changing cultures of South Asia, Mishra sees the...
From the Ruins of Empire
The Intellectuals Who Remade Asia
Language: English
Release Date: September 4, 2012
A surprising, gripping narrative depicting the thinkers whose ideas shaped contemporary China, India, and the Muslim world
A little more than a century ago, as the Japanese navy annihilated the giant Russian one at the Battle of Tsushima, original thinkers across Asia, working independently,...
Age of Anger
A History of the Present
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2017
A New York Times Notable Book of 2017 • Named a Best Book of the Year by Slate and NPR • Longlisted for the Orwell Prize
One of our most important public intellectuals reveals the hidden history of our current global crisis
How can we explain the origins of the great wave of paranoid...
This Is Not A Border
Reportage & Reflection from the Palestine Festival of Literature
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2017
Writers from Alice Walker to Michael Ondaatje to Claire Messud share their thoughts on one of the most vital gatherings of writers and readers in the world.
The Palestine Festival of Literature was established in 2008 by authors Ahdaf Soueif, Brigid Keenan, Victoria Brittain and Omar Robert...
by Maximillian Alvarez, Nikhil Pal Singh, Adom Getachew
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2018
Investigation of power and dominion, through the lens of genre fiction, interviews, and essays.
“All history,” writes Maximillian Alvarez, “is the history of empire—a bid for control of that greatest expanse of territory, the past.” Evil Empire confronts these histories head-on, exploring...
by Zygmunt Bauman, Donatella della Porta, Nancy Fraser
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2017
We are living through a period of dramatic political change – Brexit, the election of Trump, the rise of extreme right movements in Europe and elsewhere, the resurgence of nationalism and xenophobia and a concerted assault on the liberal values and ideals associated with cosmopolitanism and globalization....
Begegnungen mit China und seinen Nachbarn
Malaysia – Hongkong – Indonesien – Taiwan – Mongolei – Tibet – Japan – Indien
Language: German
Release Date: May 21, 2015
+++ Im Schatten des Drachen – ein kluger Blick auf das "Reich der Mitte" und seine Nachbarn +++Asien ist in Bewegung. Die neue Supermacht China dominiert sowohl den Kontinent als auch den Diskurs über die Region. Um besser zu verstehen, was in seinem Inneren vorgeht, lohnt sich vor allem...
An End to Suffering
The Buddha in the World
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2010
An End to Suffering is a deeply original and provocative book about the Buddha's life and his influence throughout history, told in the form of the author's search to understand the Buddha's relevance in a world where class oppression and religious violence are rife, and where poverty and terrorism...
De las ruinas de los imperios
La rebelión contra Occidente y la metamorfosis de Asia
Language: Spanish
Release Date: October 8, 2014
En la segunda mitad del siglo xix, las potenciasoccidentales dominaban el mundo a su antojo,mientras las distintas culturas asiáticas vivían susometimiento al hombre blanco como una catástrofe.Eran muchas las humillaciones que occidente leshabía infringido, e innumerables los corazonesy las mentes...
Kashmir
The Case for Freedom
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2011
At home, the Kashmiri people’s ongoing quest for justice and self-determination is as much ignored by their venal politicians as it is rejected by Pakistan. Internationally, their struggle is forgotten, as the West refuses to bring pressure to bear on its regional ally India. Kashmir: The Case for...