End Times

THE THOUGHT BOOK OF THE YEAR, THE TIMES

A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR

''Game of Thrones-style intra-elite conflict meets big data'' TLS

''Extraordinary. . . the culmination of many years of highly original and innovative work'' Bloomberg

One of the most iconoclastic thinkers of our time offers a brilliant new theory of how society works

What leads to political turbulence and social breakdown? How do eli...