{"product_id":"field-notes-on-democracy-arundhati-roy-9781608464616","title":"Field Notes on Democracy: Listening to Grasshoppers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Gorgeously wrought . . . pitch-perfect prose. . . . In language of terrible beauty, she takes India's everyday tragedies and reminds us to be outraged all over again.\"--\u003ci\u003eTime Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Roy asks whether our shriveled forms of democracy will be 'the endgame of the human race'--and shows vividly why this is a prospect not to be lightly dismissed.\"--Noam Chomsky\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Roy is one of the most confident and original thinkers of our time.\"--Naomi Klein\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow in paperback, with a new introduction by the author discussing the election of India's new prime minister Narendra Modi.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis series of essays examines the dark side of democracy in contemporary India. It looks closely at how religious majoritarianism, cultural nationalism, and neo-fascism simmer just under the surface of a country that projects itself as the world's largest democracy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe describes the systematic marginalization of religious and ethnic minorities, the rise of terrorism, and the massive scale of displacement and dispossession of the poor by predatory corporations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eField Notes on Democracy\u003c\/i\u003e tracks the fault-lines that threaten to destroy India's precarious democracy and send shockwaves through the region and beyond.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eArundhati Roy\u003c\/b\u003e is a world-renowned Indian author and global justice activist. From her celebrated Booker Prize-winning novel \u003ci\u003eThe God of Small Things\u003c\/i\u003e to her prolific output of writing on topics ranging from climate change to war, the perils of free-market development in India, and the defense of the poor, Roy's voice has become indispensable to millions seeking a better world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Arundhati Roy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 160846461X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781608464616\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Haymarket Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/19\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.50h x 5.20w x 1.00d\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Arundhati Roy","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43995793096959,"sku":"9781608464616","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e309298b-3793-4c30-89e8-3b0bc5b0e494.jpg?v=1683337885","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/field-notes-on-democracy-arundhati-roy-9781608464616","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}