History is forged through the travel of ideas across continents—as well as by bombs. The Age of Globalization is an account of the unlikely connections that made up late nineteenth-century politics and culture, and in particular between militant anarchists in Europe and the Americas, and anti-imperialist uprisings in Cuba, China and Japan. Told through the complex intellectual interactions of two great Filipino writers—the political novelist José Rizal and the pioneering folklorist Isabelo de los Reyes—The Age of Globalization is a brilliantly original work on how global exchanges shaped the nationalist movements of the time.
"A curious yet riveting history … both exciting and important."—Guardian
"Fiercely, movingly local, concentrated on a handful of remarkable men and fateful years, but also expansively global."—T.J. Clark, London Review of Books
"Fascinating insights into the global flow of anarchic and anti-colonial ideas."—Publishers Weekly
"A formidably erudite and beautifully illustrated study."—Independent
Benedict Anderson is Aaron L. Binenkorb Professor of International Studies Emeritus at Cornell University. He is editor of the journal Indonesia and author of Java in a Time of Revolution, The Spectre of Comparisons and Imagined Communities.
History is forged through the travel of ideas across continents—as well as by bombs. The Age of Globalization is an account of the unlikely connections that made up late nineteenth-century politics and culture, and in particular between militant anarchists in Europe and the Americas, and anti-imperialist uprisings in Cuba, China and Japan. Told through the complex intellectual interactions of two great Filipino writers—the political novelist José Rizal and the pioneering folklorist Isabelo de los Reyes—The Age of Globalization is a brilliantly original work on how global exchanges shaped the nationalist movements of the time.
Reviews
"A curious yet riveting history … both exciting and important."—Guardian
"Fiercely, movingly local, concentrated on a handful of remarkable men and fateful years, but also expansively global."—T.J. Clark, London Review of Books
"Fascinating insights into the global flow of anarchic and anti-colonial ideas."—Publishers Weekly
"A formidably erudite and beautifully illustrated study."—Independent
Author
Benedict Anderson is Aaron L. Binenkorb Professor of International Studies Emeritus at Cornell University. He is editor of the journal Indonesia and author of Java in a Time of Revolution, The Spectre of Comparisons and Imagined Communities.
