Speaking with Nature
- Publisher : HarperCollins
- Publishing year : October 2024
- Binding : Hardback
- ISBN : 9789362134905
- Imprint : Fourth Estate
- Age Group : Adult
- Language : English
By the canons of orthodox social science, countries like India are not supposed to have an environmental consciousness. ...
By the canons of orthodox social science, countries like India are not supposed to have an environmental consciousness. They are, as it were, 'too poor to be green'. In this deeply researched book, Ramachandra Guha challenges this narrative by revealing a virtually unknown prehistory of the global movement set far outside Europe or America.
Ramachandra Guha has taught at Stanford University, the University of Oslo, the Indian Institute of Science, and the London School of Economics. His books include the award-winning India After Gandhi, and the first volume of this biography, Gandhi Before India, which was a 2014 New York Times Notable Book and a San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year. He is the recipient of the Fukuoka Prize for contributions to Asian Studies and of an honorary doctorate in the humanities from Yale University. He lives in Bangalore.
