Imagining Earth: Concepts of Wholeness in Cultural Constructions of Our Home Planet

While concepts of Earth have a rich tradition, more recent examples show a distinct quality: Though ideas of wholeness might still be related to mythical, religious, or utopian visions of the past, "Earth" itself has become available as a whole. This raises several questions: How are the n...

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Main Authors: Pethes, Nicolas (Author), Nitzke, Solvejg (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:German
Published: transcript Verlag 2017
Series:Edition Kulturwissenschaft 142
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Online Access:DE-B1533
DE-860
DE-859
Summary:While concepts of Earth have a rich tradition, more recent examples show a distinct quality: Though ideas of wholeness might still be related to mythical, religious, or utopian visions of the past, "Earth" itself has become available as a whole. This raises several questions: How are the notions of one Earth or our Planet imagined and distributed? What is the role of cultural imagination and practices of signification in the imagination of "the Earth"? Which theoretical models can be used or need to be developed to describe processes of imagining Planet Earth? This collection invites a wide range of perspectives from different fields of the Humanities to explore the means of imagining Earth
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:9783839439562

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