01977nam a22002657a 4500 20211109113835.0 211109b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9780670095629 AL eng 23 363.73874 GHON Amitav Ghosh 10052 Nutmeg's Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis USA Penguin Random House 2021 x,339 p. HB 22x14 cm. 3091 479.20 ₹ 599.00 20% 25-10-2021 Before the 18th century, every single nutmeg in the world originated around a group of small volcanic islands east of Java, known as the Banda Islands. As the nutmeg made its way across the known world, they became immensely valuable – in 16th century Europe, just a handful could buy a house. It was not long before European traders became conquerors, and the indigenous Bandanese communities – and the islands themselves – would pay a high price for access to this precious commodity. Yet the bloody fate of the Banda Islands forewarns of a threat to our present day. Amitav Ghosh argues that the nutmeg’s violent trajectory from its native islands is revealing of a wider colonial mindset which justifies the exploitation of human life and the natural environment, and which dominates geopolitics to this day. Written against the backdrop of the pandemic and the Black Lives Matter protests, and interweaving discussions on everything from climate change, the migrant crisis, and the animist spirituality of indigenous communities around the world, The Nutmeg’s Curse offers a sharp critique of Western society, and reveals the profoundly remarkable ways in which human history is shaped by non-human forces. Social Problems 10053 Social History 10054 Climatic Changes 10055 Equality 10056 Imperialism 10057 GHOSH (Amitav) 10058 ddc BK 220467 220467 0 0 ddc 0 0 GEN AL AL 2021-10-27 Biblios Book Point, Surathkal-575014 479.00 0 363.73874 GHON 075071 2021-11-09 00:00:00 599.00 2021-11-09 BK