We Need New Stories by Nesrine Malik - ISBN: 9781474610421
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Old narratives fail. New stories are needed, urgently, for unity.

We Need New Stories

Challenging the Toxic Myths Behind Our Age of Discontent

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    304 pages

  • Release Date

    25 August 2020

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Summary

It is becoming clear that the old frames of reference are not working, that the narratives used for decades to stave off progressive causes are being exposed as falsehoods. Six myths have taken hold, ones which are at odds with our lived experience and in urgent need of revision.

Has freedom of speech become a cover for promoting prejudice? Has the concept of political correctness been weaponised to avoid ceding space to those excluded from power? Does white identity politics pose an …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781474610421
ISBN-10:1474610420
Author:Nesrine Malik
Publisher:Orion Publishing Co
Imprint:Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:304
Release Date:25 August 2020
Weight:261g
Dimensions:196mm x 126mm x 34mm
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Critics Review

An acute and nuanced interrogator of contemporary prejudices, Nesrine Malik writes with immense moral courage and intellectual power

Nesrine Malik writes with urgent eloquence about the world we live in, applying her brilliant mind to some of the most important debates of our age. She’s right: we do need new stories. Most of all though, we need this book

Nesrine Malik’s new book stares into the heart of our current seething political volcano and gives it a cool hosing down. With careful analysis and a great historian’s expertise for synthesising a huge amount of information into a clear arc, she engages in a powerful and persuasive debunking exercise - GUARDIAN

A rigorous study of our predicament … An expansive, structural interrogation of the status quo that draws on a wealth of research and interviews - GUARDIAN

About The Author

Nesrine Malik

Nesrine Malik is a British Sudanese columnist and features writer for the GUARDIAN. She was born in Sudan and grew up in Kenya, Egypt and Saudi Arabia. She received her undergraduate education at the American University in Cairo and University of Khartoum, and her post graduate education at the University of London. Alongside her journalistic career she previously spent ten years in emerging markets private equity. She was named Society and Diversity Commentator of the Year at the 2017 Comment Awards and in 2019 was longlisted for the Orwell Prize for Exposing Britain’s Social Evils. WE NEED NEW STORIES is her first book. She lives in London.

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