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'Do not miss this book' NAOMI KLEIN, author of This Changes Everything
The history of the nutmeg is one of conquest and exploitation - of both human life and the natural environment - and the origin of our contemporary climate crisis.
Tracing the threats to our future to the discovery of the New World and the sea route to the Indian Ocean, The Nutmeg's Curse argues that the dynamics of climate change are rooted in a centuries-old geopolitical order constructed by Western colonialism. The story of the nutmeg becomes a parable revealing the ways human history has always been entangled with earthly materials - spices, tea, sugarcane, opium, and fossil fuels. Our crisis, Ghosh shows, is ultimately the result of a mechanistic view of the earth, where nature exists only as a resource for humans to use for our own ends, rather than a force of its own, full of agency and meaning.
Writing against the backdrop of the global pandemic and the Black Lives Matter protests, Ghosh frames these historical stories in a way that connects our shared colonial past with the deep inequality we see around us today. By interweaving discussions on everything from the global history of the oil trade to the migrant crisis and the animist spirituality of indigenous communities around the world, The Nutmeg's Curse offers a sharp critique of contemporary society and speaks to the profoundly remarkable ways in which human history is shaped by non-human forces.
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Author
Amitav Ghosh
Publisher
John Murray
ISBN
9781529369465
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Amitav Ghosh (Born 11 July 1956), Is A Bengali Indian Author Best Known For His Work In English Fiction. Bio From Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Photo By David Shankbone (Own Work) [Gfdl (Http://Www.Gnu.Org/Copyleft/Fdl.Html) Or Cc-By-Sa-3.0 (Http://Creativecommons.Org/Licenses/By-Sa/3.0/)], Via Wikimedia Commons. Amitav Ghosh Was Born In Calcutta In 1956 And Raised And Educated In Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Iran, Egypt, India And The United Kingdom, Where He Received His Ph.D. In Social Anthropology From Oxford. Acclaimed For Fiction, Travel Writing And Journalism, His Books Include The Circle Of Reason, The Shadow Lines, In An Antique Land And Dancing In Cambodia. His Previous Novel, The Glass Palace, Was An International Bestseller That Sold More Than A Half-Million Copies In Britain. Recently Published There, The Hungry Tide Has Been Sold For Translation In Twelve Foreign Countries And Is Also A Bestseller Abroad. Ghosh Has Won France'S Prix Medici Etranger, India'S Prestigious Sahitya Akademi Award, The Arthur C. Clarke Award And The Pushcart Prize. He Now Divides His Time Between Harvard University, Where He Is A Visiting Professor And His Homes In India And Brooklyn, New York. Amitav Ghosh Is An Award-Winning Novelist And Essayist. His Most Recent Book Is The Great Derangement. Amitav Ghosh Is The Author Of Ten Highly Acclaimed Works Of Fiction And Non-Fiction Which Include The Booker Prize Shortlisted Sea Of Poppies (Book One Of The Ibis Trilogy), River Of Smoke, The Glass Palace And The Shadow Lines. He Has Won Numerous Prizes, Some Of Which Are The Sahitya Akademi Award, The Pushcart Prize And The Grinzane Cavour Prize. He Divides His Time Between New York And India.