Amitav Ghosh & Prasenjit Duara

GLOBAL WARMING
& THE RISE
OF ASIA
A conversation on
climate change and
capitalism in Asia

Amitav Ghosh
Empire and the Anthropocene:
Asia's place in the genealogy
of global warming.

Moderated by ICI Research

Scholar & NYU History Professor
David Ludden

In accounts of the Anthropocene, and of the present

climate crisis, capitalism is usually the pivot on which the
narrative turns. But this narrative overlooks a driver of
history that is of equal importance: Empire and
imperialism.
Amitav Ghosh is an award- winning Indian novelist and
author of the Ibis Trilogy (Sea of Poppies, River of Smoke,
and Flood of Fire).

Prasenjit Duara
Network Asia and the Problem
of Sustainability.
While policymakers intended the integration of Asia to
enhance capitalist competitiveness, the new or renewed
connections will have to be mobilized equally to address
problems of regional and global sustainability. What are
the forces working for sustainability in the region and
how can they be enhanced?
Prasenjit Duara is the Oscar Tang Chair of East Asian
Studies at Duke. His latest book is The Crisis of Global
Modernity: Asian Traditions and a Sustainable Future.

Friday, Feb 12, 2016

5:30 - 7:30 PM

63 Fifth Ave
Tishman Auditorium
University Center
The New School, NY

Open to Public
RSVP Required
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