The Light that Failed: A Reckoning Audiobook (Free)

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A landmark book that completely transforms our understanding of the turmoil of liberalism, from two pre-eminent intellectuals

Why did the Western world, after being successful the Cold Battle, lose its political balance?

In the first 1990s, hopes for the eastward spread of liberal democracy were high. Yet the transformation of Eastern Europe gave rise to a bitter repudiation of liberalism itself, not only there but also back the heartland of the West.

With this about The Light that Failed: A Reckoning brilliant work of political mindset, Ivan Krastev and Stephen Holmes argue that the expected end of history turned out to be only the start of an Age of Imitation. Reckoning with the annals from the last thirty years, they show the most powerful push behind the influx of populist xenophobia that started in Eastern Europe stems from resentment in the post-1989 vital to become Westernized.

Through this prism, the Trump revolution represents an ironic fulfillment of the promise which the nations exiting from communist guideline would come to resemble america. In a unusual twist, Trump offers elevated Putin’s Russia and Orbán’s Hungary into versions for the United States.

Compiled by two pre-eminent intellectuals bridging the East/West divide, The Light that Failed is a landmark book that sheds light for the extraordinary history of our Age group of Imitation.