Naar mijn idee dienen de politici eens het boek #Devloekvandenootmuskaat
https://www.atlascontact.nl/boek/de-vloek-van-de-nootmuskaat/
van #AmitavGhosh samen te bespreken.
#cu #cda #vvd #sp #nsc #sgp #ja21 #pvv #bbb #fvd
@tweedekamer @cdavandaag @voltnederland @groenlinks @PvdA @vvd @christenunie @sgpnieuws @democraten66 ....

A biting commentary on the global #ecological and #social collapse underway by #AmitavGhosh and his sharp critique of #colonialism even as he receives an award... somewhat oddly I felt "...in the Royal Palace in #Amsterdam... from his Majesty, King Willem-Alexander in the presence of the Royal Family of the #Netherlands."
#ClimateCrisis #biodiversity #sentience #immigration #fascism #war
https://scroll.in/article/1076239/amitav-ghosh-in-this-time-of-monstrous-anomalies-we-must-recognise-that-the-earth-is-judging-us

Erasmusprijs-winnaar Amitav Ghosh over het einde van de westerse dominantie https://www.trouw.nl/trouw/erasmusprijs-winnaar-amitav-ghosh-over-het-einde-van-de-westerse-dominantie~b2a1bf41/ 'De Aarde zelf ziet ons en zal over ons oordelen'. Wat een indrukwekkende beschrijving van onze huidige samenleving en hoe we hier terecht zijn gekomen. Lezing bij aanvaarding #Erasmusprijs van antropoloog en schrijver #AmitavGhosh.

555 #ClimateCrisis #PriviledgedHelp #AmitavGhosh #Indigenous

Horrible story of Dutch colonialism. It's about extractivism [take with gun and run] 'the resource curse'.
On COP29: "The West isn't preparing for climate change; only they not preparing by mitigating emissions the way in which they're preparing is they're preparing for war"

"About crisis of acceleration | Amitav Ghosh | Buitenhof" [15:11 min]
by Buitenhof [Eng spoken] [Dutch subs]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgfyMnqCdMQ

Quote by B:
"Nov 24, 2024
The work of writer and essayist Amitav Ghosh often deals with colonialism and capitalism with a particular focus on climate and, in a broader sense, “planetary crisis.
This year, one of Europe's most important cultural prizes, the prestigious Erasmus Prize, has been awarded to the Indian writer. He receives the prize for his inspired contributions to the theme of “the imagination of the unthinkable. I
On the speaker: -> en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amitav_Ghosh <-

#TakeCareForLife #TakeCareForEarth
#StopBurningThings #StopEcoside
#ClimateBreakDown

2/2 ... Ter meerdere eer en glorie van zichzelf. En later ter meerdere eer en glorie van de verheffing van de mensen die in het mondiale zuiden leefden; “development” zijn we dat na de Tweede Wereldoorlog gaan noemen."

Nee hoor, we spreken dat woord niet uit, we handelen er alleen maar naar.

#DeVier #Politiek #PVV #Schoof #groenlinkspvda #economie #kapitalisme #AmitavGhosh

1/2 Lees De vloek van de nootmuskaat van Amitav Ghosh ( https://www.atlascontact.nl/2024/03/07/erasmusprijs-2024-toegekend-aan-amitav-ghosh/ ) en je begrijpt deze uitspraak van de schrijver.

"Het kapitalisme is niet een op zichzelf staand economisch systeem, maar geworteld in een wereldbeeld waarin de witte westerse man zichzelf als heer en meester beschouwde waaraan de rest van de wereld onderworpen diende te worden. ....

#DeVier #Politiek #PVV #Schoof #groenlinkspvda #economie #kapitalisme #AmitavGhosh

Emilio Salgari, perché la tigre ruggisce ancora https://www.carmillaonline.com/2024/10/23/emilio-salgari-perche-la-tigre-e-ancora-viva/ #PaolaIreneGalliMastrodonato #imperialismobritannico #studipost-coloniali #GabrieleD’Annunzio #ValerioEvangelisti #Spaghettiwestern #DaphneDuMaurier #AnnLawsonLucas #donneguerriere #Uncategorized #EmilioSalgari #LittleBigHorn #MarioPastrone #GianniRodari #AmitavGhosh #CorsaroNero #Sunderbans #KabirBedi #Minnehaha #Mompracem #fascismo #Marianna #Sandokan #Cabiria

Avanti barbari!/2 – Estranei al centro https://www.carmillaonline.com/2024/08/14/estranei-al-centro/ #RichardMatheson #TomasoMontanari #GioacchinoToni #banlieusards #CorsoTraiano #nuovibarbari #AmitavGhosh #Interventi #Sudglobale #PaoloLago #periferia #banlieue #Cornici #Airbnb #Athena #centro #ghetto #Macron #Gaza

Calcutta-kromosomet

New York i en nær fremtid. En computer-operatør kommer i besiddelse af resterne af et gammelt ID-kort, og det bringer ham på sporet af en fantastisk historie og en mystisk sammensværgelse, der altsammen har med malariaens gåde at gøre.

Beskrivelsen og forsiden på “Calcutta-kromosomet” skriger af thriller – enten med præfikset techno- eller medicinsk, alt efter hvad man lyster. Men hvis man efter ude efter letbenet sommerunderholdning, bliver man nok skuffet, for der er langt mere at finde i Amitav Ghoshs roman fra 1995.

Hvis en god technothriller er Hollywood-karate – lutter høje skrig, flyvespark og hårde slag – er “Calcutta-kromosomet” nok snarere tai-chi – langsomme, velovervejede bevægelser, der glider ind i hinanden. Vi skifter mellem Antar i en nær fremtid; 1990erne, hvor Murugan er ekspert i sir Ronald Ross, og hvor to unge kvinder også bringes ind i mysteriet; og så naturligvis Ross’ historie i 1800-tallet, hvor nogen synes at guide ham i den rigtige retning til at opdage, hvordan malaria fungerer.

Ghosh skriver dvælende – og hvor hans beskrivelser af teknologi måske nok er vage, har han et godt øje for menneskene bag. Antar arbejder som en slags backup for en algoritme, der katalogiserer de genstande, der føres gennem en scanner – når den møder noget ukendt, skal han være klar til at besvare dens spørgsmål. Det er på den måde, han kommer til at se ID-kortet og husker Murugan, som han tidligere har mødt. Men vi får også beskrivelserne af hans arbejde, hvor han bl.a. har forsøgt sig med en form for ebogslæser, der projicerer bogen op på væggen – så han kan se ud, som om han stirrer koncentreret på sit arbejde.

Og det lykkes også Ghosh at forlene sin historie med noget af den forundring, der kendetegner god spekulativ fiktion. Mysterier og sammensværgelser er én ting, men også en form for antividenskab kommer på banen, altsammen listet ind, så det først sent får op for én som læser, hvor meget der er på spil. Alt i alt er det en ganske vellykket blanding af videnskab og mysticisme, hvorfor man også kan nikke anerkendende til, at den vandt en Arthur C. Clarke-award.

Helt klart en roman, der kan anbefales, hvis man (som undertegnede) lige kan komme sig over forventningerne om technothriller-gang-i-den.

#AmitavGhosh #Indien #mysticisme #scienceFiction

https://superkultur.dk/2024/08/05/calcutta-kromosomet/

> .. the movement became synonymous with a place— Standing Rock— it could be said that its political energy was generated in large part by the landscape itself. In the words of a group of activists, “Standing Rock emerged as a ‘prayer camp’ because the grounds in question are sacred, a site of ceremony and ancestral knowledge.”

#AmitavGhosh #NutmegsCurse
#StandingRock #OccupyMovement #OccupyPlaces
#一所懸命 #PowerOfPlace #BloodAndSoil #StoryAndSoil #StoryAndPlace

La noix de muscade comme métaphore de l’impensé colonial

Avec «La Malédiction de la muscade», le romancier d’origine indienne #AmitavGhosh, engagé dans la lutte contre les dérèglements climatiques, propose un récit-essai original. Ethnologue de formation, il combine rigueur scientifique et talent de conteur.

Un article de Claude Grimal (En attendant Nadeau)

› https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/culture-et-idees/260524/la-noix-de-muscade-comme-metaphore-de-l-impense-colonial

Les colons européens, ces assassins

Que pèsent les #NoixDeMuscade dans l’histoire politique du monde? Ces grosses billes du muscadier ont eu l’effet d’un explosif utilisé par les colons néerlandais dans l’#ArchipelDesBanda au 17e siècle. #AmitavGhosh met en regard cette histoire avec l’accaparement des ressources actuelles. (Gilles Fumey)

✒️ Par Géographies en mouvement | En accès libre › https://blogs.mediapart.fr/geographies-en-mouvement/blog/220424/les-colons-europeens-ces-assassins

"Eminent writer #AmitavGhosh has been awarded the prestigious Erasmus Prize 2024.

"He wields his pen to show the #climate crisis is a cultural crisis that results from a dearth of the imagination," it said.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/108311854.cms

❤️ ❤️ ❤️

Reading #AndreasMalm's _ #FossilCapital _ convinces me again that #ProgressIsALie. An article by #BrianTokar sent me to Malm's books and they seem very helpful so far. They complement #AmitavGhosh's doubts about the "#Anthropocene" term:
> .. if some humans introduced steam power against the explicit resistance of other humans, then it would be hard to maintain a notion of it as the expression of a species-wide project... steam arose as a form of power exercised by some people against others..

The idea of a mystical aim for soldiering, and battle as a psychoactive (like LSD?) got me thinking of Bertrand Russel on Boredom.
> Wars, pogroms, and persecutions have all been part of the flight from boredom; even quarrels with neighbours have been found better than nothing. Boredom is therefore a vital problem for the moralist, since at least half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.
#BoredomSoldiers #SoldieringBoredom
In #FloodOfFire #AmitavGhosh imagines a sepoy's regrets..

> A number of historical studies have shown that for Indians, Hindus and Muslims alike, soldiering was not just a profession but also a spiritual calling, tied to mystical experiences. Indeed, some of the fiercest warriors in India were Sufis and sadhus of various different orders. The British recognized this and always assigned a faqir or a sadhu to each battalion, along with run-of-the-mill clerics like pundits and moulvis.
#AmitavGhosh in #SmokeAndAshes #MysticSoldiers #SoldierMysticism

> .. the movement’s insistence on the particularity of a specific landscape did not, in any way, limit its appeal; to the contrary, #StandingRock became a magnet for people from many countries and faith traditions. “There were Iraqi people there; there were Egyptian people there,” says an activist. “You had many people from different European countries that came to Standing Rock. Different walks of life. Filipinos. You have every walk of life there.”
#AmitavGhosh #NutmegsCurse

> .. as an officer with the Indian Imperial Police in Burma, Orwell probably smoked opium himself. ‘What are the pleasures of opium?’ he once wrote. ‘Like other pleasures, they are, unfortunately, indescribable.’

#Orwell #GeorgeOrwell #OrwellOnOpium in #SmokeAndAshes by #AmitavGhosh

This empire may be under American control today, but it is the product of centuries of combined Western effort, going back to the 1500s. What would happen to this vast strategic structure if there were to be a quick, worldwide transition to forms of energy that do not need to be transported across oceans? The answer is obvious: its value would be hugely diminished. China, India, Japan, and other large Asian economies would not need to worry about the Strait of Hormuz or Malacca— they would generate their power on their own soil.

... imagine if China were able to completely reduce its dependence on fossil fuels and switch to renewable energies. It would completely overturn the geopolitical order of the world today, because the geopolitics of the world really depends on the shipping of fossil fuels, you know, through these particular chokepoints. Two of the most important chokepoints are the Strait of Hormuz and the Strait of Malacca. And, you know, something like 40% of the world’s oil ship through these chokepoints every day. So, on controlling these chokepoints depends, actually, Western geopolitical dominance. And if fossil fuels were to be completely substituted at scale, what you would have is a complete inversion of the world’s geopolitical order.

> By the end of the 19th century, at least 3 to 10 percent of the Chinese population, and possibly as much as 30 or 40 percent, were regular users. Western traders justified their behavior by appealing to the newly popular ideology of the free market. Supply, they insisted, always chased demand.. Ghosh.. argues, “Where plentiful supplies of opioids exist, they will create their own demand,”..
https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2024/02/08/amitav-ghosh-smoke-ashes-opium-history-review/
#FreeTrade #FreeMarkets #SmokeAndAshes #AmitavGhosh