by Pankaj Mishra · Pan Macmillan · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780330434683
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«Temptations of the West» is the historical and political essay by Pankaj Mishra, published by Pan Macmillan in paperback (448 pages, in English).
After travelling through India, Pakistan, Nepal, Tibet, Afghanistan and Kashmir, the work observes the effects of Western modernity and globalisation on South Asia. Pankaj Mishra combines reportage, history, politics, religion and philosophy to portray the contradictions of a changing region, questioning clichés about East and West.
Paperback edition with subtitle «How to Be Modern in India, Pakistan and Beyond», published on 8 June 2007.
A work for readers interested in the history and politics of South Asia, globalisation and travel writing.
Pankaj Mishra is an Indian essayist, novelist, and socialist. His non-fiction works include The World After Gaza, Temptations of the West: How to Be Modern in India, Pakistan, Tibet, and Beyond, along with From the Ruins of Empire: The Intellectuals Who Remade Asia, and A Great Clamour: Encounters with China and Its Neighbours, and he has published two novels. He is a prolific contributor to periodicals such as The Guardian, Harper's Magazine, The New York Times, The New Yorker and the New York Review of Books and was previously a Bloomberg Opinion columnist. His writings have led to a number of controversies, including disputes with Salil Tripathi, Niall Ferguson, and Jordan Peterson. He was awarded the Windham–Campbell Prize for non-fiction in 2014 and the Weston International Award in 2024.
