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Age of Revolutions
Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present
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His new book is called Age of Revolutions, in which he argues that we are living through possibly the most revolutionary period in human history.
Stephen Dubner · Freakonomics Radio · Apr 2024 Listen at 27:40 What they say about it
- Living through revolutionary times“the most revolutionary period”3
- Not only talking about geopolitics“he isn't only talking about geopolitics”2
The best things said about it
This one, Age of Revolutions, is subtitled Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the present.
Stephen Dubner Freakonomics Radio · Apr 2024 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.
Stephen Dubner Freakonomics Radio · Apr 2024 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.
Ezra Klein The Ezra Klein Show · Nov 2025 Why people recommend it
Age of Revolutions by Fareed Zakaria is an examination of the historical and modern forces driving political, social, and technological upheaval across the globe. The book was featured and discussed across multiple episodes of Freakonomics Radio and The Ezra Klein Show. On Freakonomics Radio, Steven Dubner engaged with Zakaria about whether contemporary society is enduring the most revolutionary period in recent history, noting a sense of surprise and peril regarding the global state of affairs. Additionally, Dubner and Zakaria explored the broad scope of these transformations beyond mere geopolitics. On The Ezra Klein Show, Ezra Klein brought up the book to dissect its unconventional opening scene involving a conversation with Steve Bannon in Rome. Klein also referenced Zakaria's analysis of structural changes in America leading up to 2012 and quoted extensively from the book's new afterword, which highlights how Northern European capitalist welfare states emphasize community, clan, and empathetic leadership. Throughout these podcast appearances, hosts and guests used Zakaria's text to frame discussions on the root causes of modern backlash, institutional decay, and the historical parallels connecting past centuries of progress to the current era of profound global instability.
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Stephen Dubner do you see that as further proof that we're living through as you put it in the book of yours the most revo… 5
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“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”
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“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”
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“This one, Age of Revolutions, is subtitled Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the present.”
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“His new book is called Age of Revolutions, in which he argues that we are living through possibly the most revolutionary period in human history.”
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“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.”
Ezra Klein So I want to begin fared with where you open the book which is uh one of the more unusual scenes I've imagi… 3
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“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.”
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“And this goes to a big part of your book, which is looking at other structural changes as recently in America as 2012.”
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“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.”
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“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?”
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“His show is called GPS, and his most recent book is The Age of Revolutions.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“History is complicated; sometimes the bad guys win. Fareed Zakaria on his new book, 'Age of Revolutions.'”
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“Fared Zakari's most recent book is called Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the present.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“But I do think that there's a very important point it makes, and I try to make this in the book.”
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“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”
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“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”
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“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.”
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“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”
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“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.”
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“his most recent book is the age of revolutions and I'd like to thank him for this conversation”
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“This one, 'Age of Revolutions,' is subtitled 'Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present.'”
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“sometimes the bad guys win fored Zakaria on his new book age of revolutions”
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“today I'm chatting with fared Zakaria who truly needs no introduction but I would like to point out as of March 26th he has a new and wonderful book out age of revolutions progress and backlash from 1600 to the present”
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“when you look at Iran strikes me very much like the French Revolution where the Sha tried to move much too far much too fast much too disruptively triggered an enormous backlash which they're still living with now”
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“I'm struck that this year both you and Rouser Sharma have books coming out again fed's book is age of revolutions progress and backlash from 1600 to the present that I would describe broadly as classically liberal”
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“again fed's new book is age of revolutions progress and backlash from 1600 to the present fed Zakaria thank you very much d a huge pleasure thank you for having me on”