In Dipesh Chakrabarty's globe/planet distinction, I see (optimistic) possibilities for engaging
the climate crisis through a planetary lens, whereas I find the global perspective pointing …

In a book that provokes the humanities as a modern academic endeavor to rethink its
ontological underpinnings, Dipesh Chakrabarty asks how this academic terrain, developed …

The new book by Dipesh Chakrabarty, The Climate of History in a Planetary Age, is to my
mind currently the best available introduction to the new challenges for political thinking in …

Over the last four decades, Dipesh Chakrabarty's astonishingly wide-ranging scholarship
has elaborated a range of important issues, especially those of modernity, identity, and …

Climate change, as readers of this journal know, requires a radical overhaul of the premises
that underpin the Humanities. Postcolonial historian Dipesh Chakrabarty is a leading figure …

Chakrabarty's exquisite and challenging book takes readers on what can feel like a
paralyzingly difficult journey. And yet as a guide Chakrabarty models such humanity—a …

My book contemplates a conundrum that the phenomenon of anthropogenic climate change
produces for modern historical and political thought. The benefits, such as increase in life …

The monkey isn't stupid; he blocks his sight for good reason—to protect himself. We get
through each day through countless acts of will made possible by an equilibrium of cognitive …

This chapter consists of a conversation between Saurabh Dube and Dipesh Chakrabarty
that was conducted in cyber-space across nearly two decades. Dube's probing questions …

I am grateful to colleagues for both the appreciative and critical remarks they have offered.
My response focuses on four broad areas of inquiry: questions relating to “the planet,” …