Fear of Small Numbers: An Essay on the Geography of Anger Desmond Elliott Prize Nominee for Shortlist (2019) Illustrated by artistic drawings by

Illustrated by artistic drawings by Lison Bernet

Joanne Soo

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Remarkably frank and incredibly moving

Fear of Small Numbers: An Essay on the Geography of Anger Desmond Elliott Prize Nominee for Shortlist (2019) Illustrated by artistic drawings byThe period since 1989 has been marked by the global endorsement of open markets, the free flow of finance capital and liberal ideas of constitutional rule, and the active expansion of human rights. Why, then, in this era of intense globalization, has there been a proliferation of violence, of ethnic cleansing on the one hand and extreme forms of political violence against civilian populations on the other? Fear of Small Numbers is Arjun Appadurais