EAN: 9780008706531

KAKUTANI MICHIKO THE GREAT WAVE

An urgent examination of the great wave of change breaking over today's world - from the
Pulitzer Prize-winning critic and New York Times bestselling author of The Death of Truth 'A
profoundly inspiring and prophetic perspective on the contemporary world' Ai Weiwei In the
twenty-first century  a wave of political  cultural and technological change has capsized our
old certainties and assumptions  creating both opportunity and danger. As people lose their
faith in old institutions and elites  radical voices at the margins and the grassroots are
disrupting the status quo. This is the time of the outsider - the protester  the populist  the
hacker. Some of these outsiders have sown chaos  like Donald Trump  and others have provided
inspirational leadership  like Volodymyr Zelensky. But all have grasped this precarious moment
to make something new. Writing with a critic's incisive understanding of cultural trends 
Michiko Kakutani outlines the consequences of these new asymmetries of power  and looks back to
similar hinge moments in history  from the waning of the Middle Ages to the aftermath of the
Second World War  to find a way forward. For there is  Kakutani argues  always the promise of
transformation in times of turmoil. We can surrender to the waters  give in to the gathering
chaos  or we can use the wave's momentum to propel us into a more stable and sustainable
future.

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