The Nutmeg's Curse

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EAN:9781529369458

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Anotace
One of the finest writers of his generation' Financial Times 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,
Informace o sortimentu
Druh sortimentu Kniha
Autor Amitav Ghosh
Značka Hodder And Stoughton Ltd.
Rok vydání 2021
Pořadí vydání 1. vydání
Vazba Brožovaná bez přebalu matná
Počet stran 352
ISBN 1529369452
EAN 9781529369458
Interní kód 0357111
Produktový manažer Jana Knopová (jana.knopova@knihcentrum.cz)
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