7. Can the sublime be an important framework for ethics in global health? If yes or no, how does Ghosh’s The Calcutta Chromosome help you make your case?
I believe the sublime can be an important framework for ethics in global health, because it calls on the unknown as the motivation to seek out ways of knowing what will hinder or advance the health of populations on the global level, despite the possibility of experiencing discomfort along this path. Ghosh's The Calcutta Chromosome help make my case by allowing its characters to encounter the sublime through embracing the unknown, within their interactions, along a single journey towards knowing the true purpose of Ronald Ross' discovery of malaria. Ng's Interrogating …show more content…
The latter work is a fiction novel that is essentially a collection of stories where each major character is given the agency to express their perspective on the series of events that they encounter along their path to knowing. At first, these accounts seem disconnected by time and space, which makes it hard to decipher the central plot and how each person in Ghosh's novel is associated with each other in some manner. Ng presents the ethics of the sublime to explain how this concept indeed gives meaning to the novel's disjointed style. As mentioned before, the sublime in The Calcutta Chromosome consists of two components: knowing and unknowing; both principles are suitable in narrowing down the focus of this theory to the great power of the unknown, which exists in everyday life. Ng argues that the sublime does not have to pertain to the involvement with a divine being or a greatness that is beyond the human experience. It is the relationship amongst the main characters that represents the sublime as their interactions with each other, whether they know it or not, guide them to discover the truth about …show more content…
In addition, the qualities that distinguish and relate each member are meant to be appreciated throughout this journey; a journey that is most likely riddled with its own set of challenges and unsolved questions after each success. In essence, improving global health is analogous to searching for the truth about malaria; both represent ambitions that unite individuals with differing perspectives and who have expansive knowledge pertaining to their field of study. Though, it is imperative for this group of educated people to embrace the unknown in the process of knowing as it will encourage them to continue finding solutions to the health issues that exist