An Ecocritical Analysis of Amitav Ghosh’s The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable.

The creation of a utopian society free of corruption and pollution that jeopardises our planet Earth is unveiled in genuine writer’s works. Amitav Ghosh is one such writer who voices his concern over climate change in his work, The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable. Ghosh's perspective calls for the collective responsibility of the government, people, and nations of the world to join in an interconnected effort to save the planet. In contemporary literature, the topic of non-human forces is extremely important and requires the utmost attention. Economic structures, particularly the carbon economy and capitalism, trigger the climate crisis. Decolonising the perspectives of Eurocentrism is the momentum towards de-escalating the climate crisis, which is the concern of writers. The negative impact of industrialisation and economic expansion is obvious in climate degradation, and the victims are people belonging to Asian countries. Identity issues precede global issues, of which the latter is to be carried out on a war footing. This paper attempts to underscore the genuine interest of the writer to unfold the causes of climate change, revoice, and call for the unified action of the artist and people to fight the problem of climate change by resolving individualistic differences for the betterment of the global community.

Carbon economy, Capitalism, Individualism, Climate change

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