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

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Nicolas Pethes Solvejg Nitzke

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

Nicolas Pethes, Solvejg Nitzke

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Transcript Verlag
27 July 2017

Series: Culture & Theory

"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."

By: Nicolas Pethes, Solvejg Nitzke
Imprint: Transcript Verlag
Country of Publication: Germany
Dimensions: Height: 226mm, Width: 147mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 666g
ISBN: 9783837639568
ISBN 10: 3837639568
Series: Culture & Theory
Pages: 174
Publication Date: 27 July 2017
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , A / AS level
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Solvejg Nitzke is a postdoctoral fellow in the DFG-funded project »Climate's Time« at the University of Vienna. Her research interests include ecocriticism, village literature and disaster fiction. Nicolas Pethes teaches German literature at the University of Cologne. His research interests include literature and knowledge, the media history of literature and popular culture.