Pankaj Mishra

Western liberals need to admit that we have finally reached the limits of the Enlightenment’s cult of secular individualism.
Contra today’s populist spirit, America’s architects delegated authority to the few who would step back from the popular passions of prejudice and narrow self-interest to “refine and enlarge the public views.”
In a conversation with The WorldPost, the Indian author discusses his book, Age of Anger, and what's propelled a backlash against the cosmopolitan caste.