Answers Around Our ‘Age Of Anger’ (Tom Ashbrook, On Point)

You could say it should be the best of times. A world more literate, interconnected, and prosperous that at any other time in history. And yet, there is so much anger out there. Why? My guest today, Pankaj Mishra, draws a line from ISIS to Brexit to “Lock her up!” and Donald Trump. He sees a global rise in resentment, with roots that go back to the arguments of Voltaire and Rousseau and forward to what he calls mutiny. This hour On Point, Pankaj Mishra on our Age of Anger. — Tom Ashbrook
Interview:
http://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2017/02/27/age-anger-pankaj-mishra