In his book, Ghosh beautifully portrays the impact of the untethered forces in shaping his
life's journey—forces which made his ancestors ecological refugees in the mid-1850s. He …

It's time to rewild ourselves and our dominant worldviews to build Earth-centered
communities for all These pages summon from our bones our commitment to defend this …

Humanities scholars have given renewed attention to capitalism's externalizations on our
environment. The Anthropocene is a speculative epochal shift proposed by geologists to …

The celebrated author continues his Space Odyssey with this Hugo Award winner:“A daring
romp through the solar system and a worthy successor to 2001”(Carl Sagan). In 1968, Arthur …

“To call human beings geological agents is to scale up our imagination of the human.
Humans are biological agents, both collectively and as individuals. They have always been …

Imperialism assumes the civilized and the savage, the conquerors and the conquered.
Capitalism necessitates the rich and the poor, the deserving and the undeserving …

Abstract Dipesh Chakrabarty is Lawrence A. Kimpton Distinguished Service Professor in
History and South Asian Languages and Civilizations at the University of Chicago. He is the …

Thirty years ago diacritics published one of its most widely read issues, on nuclear criticism
(vol. 14, no. 2, 1984). The editor—Richard Klein, also a contributor to the present issue …

Abstract This study rethinks Dipesh Chakrabarty's engagement with Marx and Vivek
Chibber's recent critique of postcolonialism in order to offer a new reading of the state of …

One features the return of rival narratives seeking to frame and (de) legitimise the actions of
the respective antagonists. For President Joe Biden, democracy has once again been …