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WorldHow the West’s promise of freedom created a world of anger

In the next episode of Deja Vu, Pankaj Mishra examines today’s political anger as the result of a collision between Enlightenment promises of liberty and equality and the forces of empire, nationalism and capitalism. He asks what follows when those promises are broken and the Global South turns Western ideals back on the West.

political angerEnlightenmentempireGlobal South

AAl Jazeera★★☆☆☆2026-09-06 13:14Original

How the West’s promise of freedom created a world of anger
How the West’s promise of freedom created a world of angerWorld