Almost everywhere we turn these days, there’s talk of a West in decline. Our jobs, our values, our past are all under attack, in the face of which we have become immersed in self-loathing, gone weak at the knees: the West needs to be Made Great Again. We know where this narrative comes from: the nationalist, nativist Right. And now it’s gone mainstream.

The thing is, the West is in decline, self-evidently so. It’s not migrants or Muslims or a woke mob which has brought the West to the edge of catastrophe. It’s good, old-fashioned hubris.

Owen Jones explores how the West came to believe that its rule, its economic order, its moral values, would endure for ever – and how this brittle self-mythologising narrative collapsed in on itself. From Afghanistan and Iraq, to the economic crash of 2008 and Gaza today, he takes us on a journey to show how the West went from scoring what it believed was its final victory, to being engulfed in a crisis of its own making. And how it fashioned a new story: that this was the fault of the most vulnerable groups in society, rather than a power-hungry, venal ruling class.

• Owen Jones previous books include Chavs and The Establishment. He writes regularly for the Guardian
• Light refreshments are included
• The Fall of the West retails at £25.00, but a book and ticket for this event costs £20 (socialist economics)
• The Himmah Hub is about three minutes from the Forest Tram Stop. There is no parking on the Park & Ride on the Forest, unless immediately leaving on the tram!
• This event is at Himmah Hub, not the bookshop, but tickets are only available from Five Leaves… The evening event is now sold out