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Mentioned in 11 episodes
The Great Derangement
Climate Change and the Unthinkable
Book • 2016
Amitav Ghosh's "The Great Derangement" is a powerful exploration of the relationship between climate change and literature.
Ghosh argues that the dominant narratives of our time have failed to adequately address the climate crisis.
He examines how literature, history, and politics have shaped our understanding of the world and contributed to our current predicament.
The book challenges readers to rethink our relationship with the environment and consider the ethical implications of climate change.
It's a thought-provoking work that blends literary analysis with environmental concerns.
Ghosh argues that the dominant narratives of our time have failed to adequately address the climate crisis.
He examines how literature, history, and politics have shaped our understanding of the world and contributed to our current predicament.
The book challenges readers to rethink our relationship with the environment and consider the ethical implications of climate change.
It's a thought-provoking work that blends literary analysis with environmental concerns.
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Mentioned in 11 episodes
Mentioned by Jordan Peterson as a book analyzing the 2016 election.

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392. This Podcast Will Polarize You – And It Should | Matt Taibbi
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to reference a quote about future generations blaming artists and writers for their failure to imagine different futures.


Manda Scott

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What is a Good Life? #89 - Connecting To The Web Of Life with Manda Scott
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as a series of lectures given by Amitav Ghosh a decade ago about climate change.


Akshat Rathi

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Weekend Listen: George Saunders Imagines an Oil Exec’s Deathbed
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referencing Amitav Ghosh's lectures on literature's neglect of climate issues.


Akshat Rathi

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‘Everywhere I looked, climate change bled’ Abi Daré on writing fiction: Imagine series
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as a book by Amitav Ghosh about how the novel is failing to contend with climate change.


Tanjil Rashid

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Two decades later, Booker Prize winner Kiran Desai returns
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as a prior work by Amitav Ghosh that discusses historical fairness and climate discourse.


Matthew Remski

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319: Climate Conspirituality
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, referring to Amitav Ghosh's lectures where he argued that contemporary fiction has ignored the climate crisis.


Akshat Rathi

George Saunders goes inside the mind of a climate denier: Imagine series
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to illustrate why fiction initially failed to confront climate change and to draw parallels with AI complacency.


Armando Iannucci

There's Been An Under-Discussion (with Natalie Haynes)
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for his insights on climate change and global inequality.


David Wallace-Wells

New York Times Columnist David Wallace-Wells: In Conversation on EvC
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as an author whose work provides a counterpoint to the degrowth argument in the context of climate change.


Derek Barris

253: The Politics of Abundance



