[friendociate]

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Here, from a brilliant young writer, is a paradigm-shifting history of both a utopian concept and global movement - the idea of the Third World. The Darker Nations traces the intellectual origins and the political history of the 20th century attempt to knit together the world's impoverished countries in opposition to the United States and Soviet spheres of influence in the decades following World War II.

Spanning every continent of the global South, Vijay Prashad's fascinating narrative takes us from the birth of postcolonial nations after World War II to the downfall and corruption of nationalist regimes. A breakthrough book of cutting-edge scholarship, it includes vivid portraits of Third World giants like India's Nehru, Egypt's Nasser, and Indonesia's Sukarno - as well as scores of extraordinary but now-forgotten intellectuals, artists, and freedom fighters. The Darker Nations restores to memory the vibrant though flawed idea of the Third World, whose demise, Prashad ultimately argues, has produced a much impoverished international political arena.

Listening Length - 12 hours and 22 minutes

Author - Vijay Prashad, et al.

Narrator - Neil Shah

Audible release date - October 19, 2021

Language - English

I haven't read it (or heard it), but I imagine it would open my eyes to the Third World circumstances that First World living blinds us from seeing

[Shavkat]

I used to collect paperback books but stopped for a particular reason. The reason is that I prefer to collect the hardback. I am an old-fashioned soul when it comes to reading books. Thus, I do not want to have audio and video versions of certain stories.