Why people recommend it
Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present by Fareed Zakaria is an analytical exploration of historical and contemporary political upheavals, detailing the profound societal shifts and backlashes that have shaped the modern world. The book was extensively discussed across multiple episodes of Freakonomics Radio, where host Steven Dubner engaged with Zakaria about current geopolitical tensions. Dubner referenced the author's insights to examine whether humanity is currently living through the most revolutionary period in recent history. Throughout the conversations, Zakaria reflected on how the central arguments of his book have been strikingly borne out by recent global political events. Dubner noted a sense of sadness and surprise upon reading the text regarding the perilous state of the modern world, emphasizing that the author's examination of a revolutionary era extends far beyond mere geopolitics. The discussions framed the publication as an essential guide for understanding how historical patterns of progress invariably provoke fierce resistance, illuminating the complex and often difficult trajectory of human societies.
Who recommended it
- Ezra Klein Discussed
Ezra Klein — 3 mentions
“So I want to begin fared with where you open the book which is uh one of the more unusual scenes I've imagined. So, you open the book around a conversation you had with Steve Bannon in Rome.”
“And this goes to a big part of your book, which is looking at other structural changes as recently in America as 2012.”
“So the the book has a new afterward and you write in it that quote the happiest countries in the world in Northern Europe are capitalist welfare states with an emphasis on community and clan often led by fairly humble empathetic elites. Perhaps there's a lesson there for all of us.”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker — 8
“We had him on the show earlier this year to talk about his book, The Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present.”
“What I've been struck by is the degree to which the kind of things that I talked about in my book, Age of Revolutions, have been borne out.”
“Do you see that as further proof that we're living through, as you put it in the book of yours, the most revolutionary period in recent history?”
“His show is called GPS, and his most recent book is The Age of Revolutions.”
“So my sense of reading you, overall particularly reading your new book, 'Age of Revolutions,' is a sense of sadness and surprise that the world finds itself today in a state of peril.”
“This one, 'Age of Revolutions,' is subtitled 'Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present.'”
“When Fareed Zakaria writes in his new book 'Age of Revolutions' that we are living through an intensely revolutionary era, he isn't only talking about geopolitics.”
“History is complicated; sometimes the bad guys win. Fareed Zakaria on his new book, 'Age of Revolutions.'”
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Other mentions (5: passing, ad reads, own books)
“Fared Zakari's most recent book is called Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the present.”
“Joining me now is Fareed Zakaria, the host of Fareed Zakaria GPS on CNN, a columnist for The Washington Post, and the author of, among other books, The Age of Revolutions.”
“And I'm so thrilled to be here with Fred Zakaria tonight, the host of Freed Zakaria GPS on CNN and author of the great book Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash: From 1600 to the Present, which came out in paperback on November 4th.”
“But I do think that there's a very important point it makes, and I try to make this in the book.”
“so I'm joined today by fared Zakaria the host of GPS on CNN a Washington Post columnist and the author of the bestselling book age of revolutions”