Age Of Revolutions: Progress And Backlash From 1600 To The Present Fareed Zakaria Allen Lane Αγγλικά Βιβλία History World

A New York Times Bestsellerthe International Best-Selling Author Explores The Revolutions Past And Present That Define Chaotic Polarized Unstable Age In Which We Live Fareed Zakaria First Warned Of Threat “Illiberal Democracy” Two Decades Ago Now Comes Revolutions: Progress Backlash From 1600 To Decade Making Book Is Based On Deep Research Conversations With World Leaders Emmanuel Macron Lee Kuan Yew It Sets Our Era Populist Chaos Into Sweep History Tells Story Rise Classical Liberalism Many Periods Rage Counter-Revolution Followed Seismic Change Begins Upstart Dutch Republic Modern Techno-Superpower Where Refugees Rebels Flocked For Individual Liberty Haven Was Almost Snuffed Out By Force – Until Ideas Leapt Across English Channel So-Called “Glorious Revolution ” Not All Were So Glorious However French Shows Us Dangers Radical Imposed Top-Down Lasting Bottom-Up Like Industrial Britain United States Fueled World’s Superpowers Gave Birth Political Divides Know Today Even As America Boomed Technology Unsettled Society Caused Machine-Smashing Luddites Others Who Felt Threatened This Second Half Details Have Convulsed Times: Globalization Overdrive Digital Transformation Identity Politics Return Great Power Vengeful Russia An Ascendant China Vladimir Putin Xi Jingping See Upended Want Turn Back Clock Democracy Women’s Rights Open Societies More Dangerous Than Aggression Abroad Democratic Decay At Home Cultural Has Infected West Threatens Very Foundations Enlightenment Built Take Too Easily Granted Warns Liberalism’s Strength Been Freeing People Arbitrary Constraints—But Its Weakness Leaving Individuals Isolated Figure Themselves What Makes Good Life Void Hole Heart Can Be Filled Tribalism Populism Today’s Culture Leave Adrift They Against Modernity Itself Σελίδες: 400 Διαστάσεις: 16 1X16 1Cm