All the Rage

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[A] rich book, a stirring attempt to understand, as the subtitle announces, "why anger drives the world"... [Cohen] tells stories empathically and forensically * TLS * I found Cohen to be very good on anatomising both the feeling and the drive... There are moments in the text that I have vigorously underlined * Guardian * All the Rage is a fascinating read ... unsettling but compelling reading * Telegraph * Cohen [is] brilliant on passive aggression, the scourge of the office and the destroyer of the home. He made me think about it in a whole new way... refreshing * New Statesman * All The Rage cleverly taps into this feeling that, all around us, people are on the brink of losing their rag... A wide-ranging journey that encompasses Greek myths, Shakespeare, Freud, Trollope - and even the Incredible Hulk * Mail on Sunday * I thought I knew a thing or two about anger, until I read this fascinating new book. From the Hulk to Diogenes, Trollope to Trump, patients to politicians, Josh Cohen opens up new vistas and ways of thinking analytically. Unputdownable -- Lisa Appignanesi Josh Cohen brilliantly investigates what is at stake when we are enraged -- Deborah Levy A comprehensive exploration of the uses and abuses of anger, and an indispensable primer for our times -- Richard Beard Josh Cohen writes, vividly and challengingly, about the intensity of rage and simultaneously presents an insightful general account of anger as different from, but close to, aggression. A brilliant achievement -- Mike Brearley Josh Cohen has done an illuminating job of showing how important the emotion of anger is in our lives and the social and political consequences of rage that permeate today's times -- Renata Salecl, Professor at Birkbeck College, University of London Political events of recent years suggest that anger is all around us. But rarely has it been examined and listened to with so much care and imagination as Josh Cohen does here. Rather than hoping to eradicate anger, All the Rage invites us to learn from it, to excavate what we want from it, and to find better uses for it. Thoughtful, witty and compassionate -- Will Davies More than a book, more like a roller coaster of emotion that will take you through rushes of your own most powerful feelings and then deliver you born anew. The most intense and most rewarding read I have ever had -- Peter Pomerantsev Josh Cohen's finger-on-the-pulse insights are second to none - sharp, nuanced, many-layered, whether he's examining the rage of the underdog or the cynicism of populist leaders. In his hands you feel you've never better understood the working of the human mind in all its wondrous and ugly dimensions. I gulped this book down -- Marina Benjamin, author of Insomnia Cohen probes the nature of anger with an endearing honesty and precision. A gripping, wonderful book, a welcome handrail through turbulence, germane and curious in its investigation, revelatory and playful all at once -- Nikita Lalwani