After Nations: The Making and Unmaking of a World Order — ‘Opens new vistas onto the future of global politics’ — David Wengrow
Language: English
Published by HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, London, 2026
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'The twenty-first centurys counterpart to Hobbess Leviathan EMMANUELE COCCIA What has happened to the nation-state? From a prizewinning writer, After Nations offers a sweeping history of this most unquestioned of modern structures and a bold speculation about its future. Until recently, the system of nation-states appeared settled and eternal. Not anymore. As American hegemony unwinds and Western countries slide into anxiety and debt, there is a resurgence of tyranny, imperialism and war. It is no longer clear that states can continue delivering normal services, let alone defeat inequality and climate change. Even in rich countries, many feel they are being progressively neglected; in some parts of the world, populations are entirely abandoned by nation-states and must build systems of their own. Rana Dasgupta traces the formation and rise of the nation-state system to explain its multiple failures today. He takes us from the fall of ancient empires and the expansion of European concepts of money and law right up to the emergence of twenty-first-century tech firms the first significant new geopolitical actors to emerge since the inception of nation-states and the epochal restoration of Chinese power. He posits that the time has come to develop a new conception of citizenship, law, and economyone that corresponds to our globalized and ecologically fragile condition. Richly detailed, urgent and told with remarkable clarity, After Nations is an essential text for anyone looking to understand why we seem to be losing our political hold on the world, and how we might try to restore it. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.…
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- Title
- After Nations: The Making and Unmaking of a World Order — ‘Opens new vistas onto the future of global politics’ — David Wengrow
- Author
- Rana Dasgupta
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers, United Kingdom, London
- Publication year
- 2026
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0008639744
- ISBN 13
- 9780008639747
- Item weight
- 721 grams
- Dimensions
- 159.0 x 240.0
The Making and Unmaking of a World Order – ‘Opens new vistas onto the future of global politics’ – David Wengrow
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About the Author
Rana Dasgupta was born in 1971, and grew up in Cambridge. He worked for a marketing consultancy in London and New York for a few years before moving to Delhi to write. His first novel, ‘Tokyo Cancelled’, a thirteen-part story cycle, was published in 2005 to widespread acclaim and has been translated into nine languages.
Dasgupta now lives permanently in Delhi, and writes for several periodicals, including the ‘Guardian’, ’New Statesman’ and BBC radio.
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