Chain of Ideas: The Origins of Our Authoritarian Age

by Ibram X. Kendi

Overview

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of How to Be an Antiracist traces the rise of the authoritarian and xenophobic movements threatening democracies around the globe.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780593978023
Publisher:	Random House Publishing Group
Publication date:	03/17/2026
Pages:	352
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.25(h) x 0.88(d)

About the Author

Dr. Ibram X. Kendi is one of the world's foremost historians and leading antiracist scholars. His books have been translated into multiple languages and republished throughout the Americas, Africa, Europe, and Asia. Dr. Kendi is Professor of History and the founding director of the Howard University Institute for Advanced Study, an interdisciplinary research enterprise examining global racism. He is author of many highly acclaimed bestsellers including Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, which won the National Book Award for Nonfiction. He is also the author of the international bestseller How to Be an Antiracist. Time magazine named Dr. Kendi one of the 100 most influential people in the world. He was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship, popularly known as the Genius Grant.