| If the world feels like it’s spinning faster every week, Fareed Zakaria has a useful way to make sense of it.In Age of Revolutions, he zooms out to earlier eras of upheaval—the Dutch rise, the French Revolution’s violent detours, and Britain’s Industrial Revolution—to show a pattern: rapid change creates prosperity and progress, but it also triggers backlash, nostalgia, and political extremes. Zakaria argues today’s politics aren’t just “left vs. right” anymore. They’re increasingly “open vs. closed”: openness to trade, immigration, and technology versus a desire to slow it all down and retreat behind borders and identity.The takeaway isn’t doom. It’s a playbook. Disruption doesn’t have to end in decline—if democracies choose gradual reform over radical swings, rebuild trust, and give people a stronger sense of security and belonging.Read the full summary for the big ideas—and the practical lessons for right now.Read the Full Summary Buy the book here. Follow InstareadInstagramLinkedInFacebookYouTubeXYou are receiving this email because you signed up for our newsletters.Instaread is a popular book summary service. Our library has thousands of fiction and nonfiction bestsellers—and we’re adding new titles every day! Created by Rahul & Vishnu. |
