A review by tsharris
From the Ruins of Empire: The Intellectuals Who Remade Asia by Pankaj Mishra

4.0

A really superb account of how Asian thinkers responded not only to western imperialism, but to Japan's successful defiance (and aping) of western imperialism. It is also an interesting way of exploring the pre-WWI age of globalization — Mishra's subjects were well traveled, were engaged with thinkers from all over the world, and were responding to a global exchange of ideas. I'm planning on writing a longer review of this book, but I just wanted to note that there's more than enough in this book to make it worth reading.