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# Bland Fanatics: Liberals, Race and Empire

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Thoughtful
  

*by K***R on Reviewed in India on 24 June 2023*

Thoughtful and critical of so called Right wing. Great reading experience. Kudos to the author for adding more references. Jai hind

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Master of intellectualism
  

*by N***I on Reviewed in India on 26 May 2021*

Waxed eloquent. Incredibly informative. The thematic arguments in the book will make you pensive about the global mood regarding topics that are important in this age, that include fetishes of imperialism, free market, liberalism, and West's desire for political and social elitism. There is a certain beauty in his writing: it's also analytical and unvarnished prose. Mishra is at the height of his intellectual powers. One of the greatest Indian non fiction writers of our time.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Astute intellectual discourse
  

*by D***N on Reviewed in India on 19 August 2020*

Honesty and assertion of truth are two fundamental requirements for an intellectual. Pankaj Mishra certainly possesses both these qualities which are glaringly visible in almost all of his writings from "Butter Chicken in Ludhiana" to "Bland Fanatics". The book under review is a collection of more than a dozen essays written by Pankaj Mishra during last ten years and published mainly in leading newspapers and journals in United Kingdom & United States. This book covers a wide range of ideas from politics to culture, imperialism to Neo-imperialism and liberalism to the end of liberalism in a very forceful manner. The most important essays are- Watch this man, the culture of fear, Bland Fanatics, Free markets and social darwinism in Mumbai, Bumbling Chumocrats, The Economist and Liberalism and England's Last Roar. The book opens with an essay where the author has entered into a forceful debate with a renowned Scottish historian Niall Ferguson in whom he finds an intellectual representative of Neo-imperialism. The author has also beautifully reflected on the hypocrisy of liberals when it comes to race, empire, political establishments and disadvantaged sections both in west and the east including India.  This acclaimed author and a leading intellectual seems to spare none when he uses a term 'intellectual quacks' to highlight those who have appeared in public space during the second half of the 20th century with certain sparkling ideas presented in the public space and a huge gullible number got swayed by the empty bowl of so called wisdom. He has wonderfully coined and used touching phrases such as 'intellectual entrepreneurs', 'vendors of spirituality', 'stalls in the new marketplace of ideas', 'healers of modern man's soul' and 'mass market musings'. He has deeply touched the foundation stones on which these intellectual cheer leaders came to acquire immense following and fanatically loyal fan clubs. In short, the nuances of modern fascination with myth and the clever attempts to push the reality aside, have been explored and explained fantastically by the author of this heart-touching piece of intellectual feast. Since these essays were originally written for the public in the west which is very well informed, the level of analysis is of a higher standard and hence slightly difficult to understand as it is very rich both in contentual & contextual zones.  However, the book doesn't generate that level of interest which his earlier books particularly " From the Ruins of Empire" and "Age of Anger" did perhaps because it is a collection of essays and not a thematic work. But each page of this book is a remarkable indicator of the astute intellectualism of this leading essayist and cultural critic of our times. If you wish to go for an intellectual ride, you have a good option available in "Bland Fanatics".

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