{"title":"Books by Fareed Zakaria","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"9780141995625","title":"Ten Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the international bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Post-American World\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An intelligent, learned and judicious guide for a world already in the making'  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New York Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSince the end of the Cold War, the world has been shaken to its core three times. 11 September 2001, the financial collapse of 2008 and - most of all - Covid-19. Each was an asymmetric threat, set in motion by something seemingly small, and different from anything the world had experienced before. Lenin is supposed to have said, 'There are decades when nothing happens and weeks when decades happen.' This is one of those times when history has sped up.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this urgent and timely book, Fareed Zakaria, one of the 'top ten global thinkers of the last decade' (\u003ci\u003eForeign Policy\u003c\/i\u003e), foresees the nature of a post-pandemic world: the political, social, technological and economic consequences that may take years to unfold. In ten surprising, hopeful 'lessons', he writes about the acceleration of natural and biological risks, the obsolescence of the old political categories of right and left, the rise of 'digital life', the future of globalization and an emerging world order split between the United States and China. He invites us to think about how we are truly social animals with community embedded in our nature, and, above all, the degree to which nothing is written - the future is truly in our own hands.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTen Lessons for a Post-Pandemic World\u003c\/i\u003e speaks to past, present and future, and will become an enduring reflection on life in the early twenty-first century.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43599917318322,"sku":"9780141995625","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780141995625_33eecdfb-b113-47ce-91ab-eed7ef7bf08f.jpg?v=1786011412"},{"product_id":"9781802065596","title":"Age of Revolutions","description":"\u003cp\u003eFareed Zakaria first warned of the threat of “illiberal democracy” two decades ago. In \u003ci\u003eAge of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present, \u003c\/i\u003ehe sets our era of populist chaos into the sweep of history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBased on deep research and conversations with world leaders from Emmanuel Macron to Lee Kuan Yew, this book tells the story of progress and backlash, of the rise of classical liberalism and of the many periods of rage and counter-revolution that followed seismic change. From the Dutch Republic – the first modern republic, techno-superpower, and haven for liberalism almost snuffed out by force – and the French Revolution to the Industrial Revolution in Britain and the United States, it traces the rise of the world’s modern superpowers, the birth of the political divides we know today, and the ways in which technology unsettled society and caused backlash from those who felt threatened by this new world. Zakaria also details the revolutions that have convulsed our times: globalization in overdrive, digital transformation, the rise of identity politics, the return of great power politics with a vengeful Russia and an ascendant China, and the democratic decay at home which threatens the very foundations of the world built by the Enlightenment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book warns us that liberalism’s great strength has been freeing people from arbitrary constraints – but its great weakness has been leaving individuals isolated, a void that can all too easily be filled by tribalism, populism, and identity politics. Today’s revolutions in technology and culture can even leave people so adrift that they turn against modernity itself.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55896465178997,"sku":"9781802065596","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781802065596_6fa8c279-e4bc-4a3c-85d2-10e26b75739c.jpg?v=1786026895"},{"product_id":"9780241958759","title":"The Post-American World","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe growth of countries such as India, China, Brazil, Russia, South Africa and Kenya is generating a new landscape. The tallest buildings, biggest dams, highest-grossing movies and most advanced mobile phones are now all being made outside Europe and the United States. Countries that previously lacked polotical confidence and national pride are finding them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIs this an opportunity, or a threat? Fareed Zakaria's acclaimed bestseller, now expanded with a new afterword and throroughly updated throughout, has been heralded as the most thought-provoking book yet on our uncertain times. With lucidity, insight and imagination, he shows how the West must transform its global strategy, moving from a position of hegemony to one that recognizes this seismic power shift.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56230287737205,"sku":"9780241958759","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780241958759_53e025f4-5b40-463e-b3b0-da6c59176f7e.jpg?v=1786012505"},{"product_id":"9780393331523","title":"The Future of Freedom – Illiberal Democracy at Home and Abroad","description":"Translated into twenty languages ?The Future of Freedom ?is a modern classic that uses historical analysis to shed light on the present, examining how democracy has changed our politics, economies, and social relations. Prescient in laying out the distinction between democracy and liberty, the book contains a new afterword on the United States's occupation of Iraq and a wide-ranging update of the book's themes.","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56289675280757,"sku":"9780393331523","price":13.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780393331523_1d1dca14-8ff1-4ce2-ba48-16e694ee3306.jpg?v=1786013357"},{"product_id":"9781786073105","title":"The End of the Liberal Order?","description":"‘No civilization, no matter how mighty it may appear to itself, is indestructible.’–Niall Ferguson‘We do not need to invent the world anew. The international order established by the United States after World War II is in need of expansion and repair, but not reconception.’–Fareed ZakariaFears of a globalized world are rampant. Across the West, borders are being reasserted and old alliances tested to their limits. Could this be the end of the liberal order or will the major crises of the twenty-first century strengthen our resolve?","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56305283334517,"sku":"9781786073105","price":6.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9781786073105_9084b750-e467-4ea2-aa86-e7ff075e81b8.jpg?v=1786025680"}],"url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/collections\/author-fareed-zakaria.oembed","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}