Age of Revolutions (Unabridged) Age of Revolutions (Unabridged)

Age of Revolutions (Unabridged‪)‬

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Publisher Description

The internationally bestselling author explores the revolutions—past and present—that define the chaotic, polarized, and unstable age in which we live.

Populist rage, ideological fracture, economic and technological shocks, geopolitical dangers, and an international system studded with catastrophic risk—the early decades of the 21st century may be one of the most revolutionary periods in modern history. But they are not the first. Humans have lived, and thrived, through more than one great realignment. What makes an age a revolutionary one? And how do they end?

In this major new work, Fareed Zakaria masterfully investigates eras that have shattered and shaped humanity. Four such periods hold profound lessons for today. First, in 17th-century Netherlands a series of transformations made that tiny land the richest in the world—and created modern politics as we know it today. The “Glorious Revolution” in Britain showed that major political change could happen peacefully. Next, the French Revolution, a dramatic decade and a half that devoured its ideological children and left a bloody legacy that haunts us to this day. Finally, the mother of all revolutions, the Industrial Revolution, which catapulted Britain and the US to global dominance and created the modern world. Against these paradigm-shifting historical eras, Zakaria describes our current situation, unpacking the four revolutions we are living through now; in globalization, technology, identity, and geopolitics.

As few public intellectuals can, Zakaria combines intellectual range, deep historical insight, and uncanny prescience to reframe and illuminate a turbulent present.

GENRE
Nonfiction
NARRATOR
FZ
Fareed Zakaria
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
13:02
hr min
RELEASED
2024
March 26
PUBLISHER
Simon & Schuster Audio
SIZE
677.3
MB

Customer Reviews

El Rey de la Marcha ,

MUST READ/Listen - Zakaria’s is a masterful intellect

The most thoughtful and expansive well researched team-based history since the 1600s with Zakaria’s intellect and voice as the Captain at its center.
No thoughtful person should miss listening to this - even better than the read - since Zakaria’s voice helps the narrative structure and dizzying synthesis of facts.
No one who thinks fondly of “democracy” since ancient Athens can forget that it lasted barely a century before been overtaken by plagues, oligarchic opportunism, wars, and famine.

Zakaria’s is a masterful intellect who I hope will be writing and speaking for a LONG time.

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