Environmental Uncanny: Eco-Cosmopolitanism and Advaita in Amitav Ghosh's The Great Derangement and Gun Island.

The environmental uncanny, as Amitav Ghosh proclaims in The Great Derangement, is the statistically improbable weather phenomena observed across the globe. The recent unprecedented increase in the occurrence of such events presents an onto-epistemological challenge to the global capitalist superstructure. Taking a cue from this, the paper investigates Ghosh's two powerful works, Gun Island and The Great Derangement, within the theoretical paradigm of eco-cosmopolitanism and the onto-epistemological system of Advaita. By synthesizing elements of eco-cosmopolitanism--an evolving paradigm that posits a global, interconnected approach to environmental concerns--and the ancient non-dualist philosophical system of Advaita, this paper seeks to unravel layers of ecological consciousness, resilience, and transformative potential of religious faiths and indigenous knowledge traditions inherent in Ghosh's literary tapestry. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]