From the Ruins of Empire: The Revolt Against the West and the Remaking of Asia Book

Paperback. Pub Date :2012-08-02 Pages: 368 Language: English Publisher: Penguin Books From Pankaj Mishra. author the successful Temptations of the West and Butter Chicken in Ludhiana. comes a provocative account of how China. India and the Muslim World are remaking the world in their own image.The Victorian period. viewed in the West as a time of self-confident progress. was experienced by Asians as a catastrophe. As the British gunned down the last heirs to the Mughal Empire. burned down the Summer Palace in Beijing. or humiliated the bankrupt rulers of the Ottoman Empire. it was clear that for Asia to recover a vast intellectual effort would be required.Pankaj Mishras fascinating. highly entertaining new book tells the story of a remarkable group of men from across the continent who met the challenge of the West. Incessantly travelling. questioning and agonising. they both...Read More