{"product_id":"1v5d32bqmkjr","title":"From the Ruins of Empire: The Revolt Against the West and the Remaking of Asia by Pankaj Mishra [Paperback]","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eSHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePankaj Mishra's From the Ruins of Empire offers a surprising, gripping narrative depicting the thinkers whose ideas shaped contemporary China, India, and the Muslim world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA little more than a century ago, independent thinkers across Asia sought to frame a distinct intellectual tradition that would inspire the continent's rise to dominance. Yet this did not come to pass, and today those thinkers―Tagore, Gandhi, and later Nehru in India; Liang Qichao and Sun Yat-sen in China; Jamal al-Din al-Afghani and Abdurreshi al Ibrahim of the Ottoman Empire―are seen as outsiders within the main anticolonial tradition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut as Mishra demonstrates in this enthralling portrait of like minds, Asia's revolt against the West is not the one led by faith-fired terrorists and thwarted peasants; rather, it is rooted in the ideas of these once renowned intellectuals.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow, when the ascendency of Asia seems possible as never before, From the Ruins of Empire is as necessary as it is timely―a book indispensable to our understanding of the world and our place in it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Arrestingly original ... this penetrating and disquieting book should be on the reading list of anybody who wants to understand where we are today' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eJohn Gray,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eIndependent\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A riveting account that makes new and illuminating connections ... deeply entertaining and deeply humane' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eHisham Matar\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Fascinating ... a rich and genuinely thought-provoking book' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eNoel Malcolm, Sunday Telegraph\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Provocative, shaming and convincing' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eMichael Binyon,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Lively ... engaging ... retains the power to shock' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eMark Mazower,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Subtle, erudite and entertaining' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eEconomist\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, New Delhi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48327710933242,"sku":"1V5D32BQMKJR","price":425.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0704\/0473\/5226\/files\/1V5D32BQMKJR_1.jpg?v=1746601173","url":"https:\/\/versoz.co.in\/products\/1v5d32bqmkjr","provider":"VERSOZ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}