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Chain of Ideas

Great Replacement Theory and the Origins of Our Authoritarian Age

Ibram X. Kendi

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JONATHAN CAPE
24 March 2026
A revelatory account of the racist conspiracy theory that pervades global politics - from the National Book Award winner and number-one-bestselling author Ibram X. Kendi

A revelatory account of the racist conspiracy theory that now pervades global politics - from the prize-winning author of the million-copy bestseller How To Be an Antiracist

Throughout the world, authoritarian movements are radically reshaping our politics and our lives. At the heart of them all lies 'great replacement theory', which insists that peoples of colour, migrants and minorities are being deliberately empowered to displace white majorities.

In Chain of Ideas, Ibram X. Kendi shows how this conspiracy theory has mutated from the extremist fringe into a global ideology, embraced by leaders as varied as Marine Le Pen, Viktor Orban, Narendra Modi, Jair Bolsonaro, Nigel Farage, Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump. He traces its historic roots in slavery, segregation, colonialism and Nazism, and shows how these age-old prejudices have been dressed in new language for a digital age.

But this is not a book about extremists on the margins. From Anders Breivik's massacre to the chants of the Charlottesville marchers, from Brexit slogans to the Christchurch shooting, Kendi shows how these ideas have crossed borders, inspired terror and are now re-shaping parties of government. Chain of Ideas is a penetrating history of how reactionary ideas have been repackaged as common sense, and how they shape the globe today.
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Imprint:   JONATHAN CAPE
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 234mm,  Width: 154mm,  Spine: 35mm
Weight:   654g
ISBN:   9781847929372
ISBN 10:   1847929370
Pages:   560
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  ELT Advanced ,  Primary
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Ibram X. Kendi is one of the world's leading antiracist scholars. He is Professor of History and the inaugural director of the Howard University Institute for Advanced Studies. His many books include Stamped from the Beginning- The Definitive History of Racist Ideas, which won the National Book Award for Nonfiction, and How To Be an Antiracist, which was a number one New York Times bestseller and a Sunday Times bestseller. He is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a MacArthur Genius Grant, and in 2020 Time named Kendi one of the 100 most influential people in the world.

Reviews for Chain of Ideas: Great Replacement Theory and the Origins of Our Authoritarian Age

The most courageous book to date on the problem of race in the Western mind * New York Times on How To Be an Antiracist * One of the US’s most respected scholars of race and history -- Afua Hirsch A kind, dignified, preternaturally wise teacher ... indefatigable in his quest to set you on the path toward true knowledge * GQ * One of the pre-eminent intellectuals on race * Guardian * One of today’s most visible and sought-after public intellectuals * Wall Street Journal * [Kendi] is not a historian fearful of upsetting orthodoxies or questioning fixed reputations -- David Olusoga


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