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The Nutmeg's Curse - Parables for a Planet in Crisis (Paperback)
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The Nutmeg's Curse - Parables for a Planet in Crisis (Paperback)
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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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