Countering Xenophobic Nationalism in the 'Age of Anger'

The Brian Lehrer Show | Mar 6, 2017

Pankaj Mishra, a columnist at Bloomberg View and New York Times Book Review, discusses his new book Age of Anger: A History of the Present  (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2017) and what can be done to counter the rising tide of xenophobic nationalism in the Western world.

→ EVENT: Join Pankaj Mishra at the Brooklyn Public Library  (10 Grand Army Plaza) Tuesday March 7th at 7:30 p.m. for a conversation with Hari Kunzru and signing. This event is free and open to the public, but please RSVP here.

 

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