Pankaj Mishra is one of the most influential, most discussed essayists of our time. In “Age of Wrath” the Indian-British publicist examined how autocrats around the world cater to chauvinistic resentments and how feelings of inferiority in broad sections of the population melt into populist anger. With the collection of essays “Friendly fanatics” he attacked the “West” from different sides or the narcissistic worldview in which we Europeans and Americans have settled so comfortably, the supposedly superior economic and political systems, our secret contempt for the other, that is Asia and Africa.
Pankaj Mishra’s novel “Golden Jackal” – culture
