Amitav Ghosh

Apr 8, 2022 · 5m 40s
Amitav Ghosh
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Epidsode in english EN From Venice to Jakarta, we hear from Amitav Ghosh on what kinds of places, ideas, and stories can captivate the imagination when it comes to the...

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EN From Venice to Jakarta, we hear from Amitav Ghosh on what kinds of places, ideas, and stories can captivate the imagination when it comes to the climate crisis. He also discusses how we can create a common memory when it comes to natural disasters.

Amitav Ghosh is a writer from India who is known for historical fiction and who has also written about the climate crisis. His book “The Great Derangement” examines why the humanities, and literature in particular, have not adequately addressed climate change in modern stories and narratives.

IT In questa puntata del nostro podcast, l'autore indiano Amitav Ghosh ci spiega quali sono i possibili scenari, le idee o storie in grado di catturare l'immaginazione del lettore quando si racconta della crisi climatica. L'autore ci parla di come possiamo creare una memoria collettiva per quanto riguarda i disastri naturali.

Amitav Ghosh è uno scrittore e giornalista indiano noto per la narrativa storica, ma che ha anche scritto diversi testi sulla crisi climatica. Il suo libro "La grande cecità" esamina perché le discipline umanistiche, e la letteratura in particolare, non affrontano adeguatamente il tema del cambiamento climatico nelle storie e nelle narrazioni moderne.
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