Amitav Ghosh on ‘The Great Derangement’ - Live at

Are we deranged? Acclaimed Indian novelist Amitav Ghosh argues that future generations may well think so, given our imaginative failure in the face of global warming. In this powerful presentation, Ghosh charts the complicity of fiction in shaping the priorities and consumer choices of the world we have created. When our descendants look back at this moment from a “substantially altered world”, he predicts, they will conclude that ours was a time when most forms of art and literature prevented people from recognizing the realities of their plight. They will think of our current moment on earth as the “time of the Great Derangement”.
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[@Chandan_UMICH]

You can wake up those asleep, not those convinced they're awake!... Amitav Ghosh has joined the troop of romantics with little hope of success except the satisfaction of trying. All the best!

[@soumenpanda8460]

Probably charting the ideal way
"KarmanYa adhikarastae ma phaselu kadachana"

[@vannilla1327]

He's awoken many and the battle has just started.

[@chilidog456]

There is NO sea level rise. Go to the beach and look around at the homes, especially the older ones. Use your own brain.

[@mylegsaresore]

There are no wildfires in Australia -- go outside right now, do you see any wildfires?? Use your own eyes.

[@mylegsaresore]

There are NO icebergs melting. Go to your local swimming pool, and look around. Do you see any icebergs melting? Use your own brain.

[@annishilcock4587]

See Chandan Kumars comment Mr Marvin Monk.

[@tobiaslundqvist3209]

One of the dumbest things a human can say. Good job.

[@lenashawarby2510]

you just got ratiod ur opinion is irrelevant