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

Open Access Published by transcript Verlag 2017

Imagining Earth

Concepts of Wholeness in Cultural Constructions of Our Home Planet

Edited by: Solvejg Nitzke and Nicolas Pethes
Funded by: Knowledge Unlatched - KU Select 2018: Backlist Collection

Volume 142 in the series Edition Kulturwissenschaft

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783839439562

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About this book

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.

Author / Editor information

Solvejg Nitzke (Dr.) earned her doctorate in german literature at Ruhr-University Bochum. She is currently holding an Open Topic Postdoc Position (OTPP) at TU Dresden, where she is investigating "precarious Nature" in the 19th century. Her research interests include ecocriticism, science-fiction and representations of disaster.
Nicolas Pethes (Prof. Dr.) teaches German literature at the University of Cologne. His research interests include literature and knowledge, the media history of literature and popular culture.

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H-Soz-u-Kult, 22.11.2017, David Kuchenbuch

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	5
Introduction Visions of the »Blue Marble«. Technology, Philosophy, Fiction Solvejg Nitzke and Nicolas Pethes Open Access Download PDF	7
Mathematical Images of Planet Earth Gabriele Gramelsberger Open Access Download PDF	23
Google Earth Satellite Images and the Appropriation of the Divine Perspective Angela Krewani Open Access Download PDF	45
Mediating Gaia Literature, Space, and Cybernetics in the Dissemination of Gaia Discourse Bruce Clarke Open Access Download PDF	61
Why Ecological Awareness is Loopy Timothy Morton Open Access Download PDF	91
»Again, the Earth (which ever I held in mine eye) did as it were mask it selfe with a kind of brightness like another Moone.« Inventing ›Blue Marble‹ in 17^th century literature and astronomy Hania Siebenpfeiffer Open Access Download PDF	113
»earth’s slow turning into the dark« Global Networks of Decay in W.G. Sebalds The Rings of Saturn Nicolas Pethes Open Access Download PDF	139
A Whole Earth Monument Planetary Mediation in Dietmar Dath’s The Abolition of Species Solvejg Nitzke Open Access Download PDF	155
Contributors Open Access Download PDF	171

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: transcript Verlag
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 174
Keywords: Media; Literature; Earth; Culture; Home Planet; Religion; Mythology; Utopia; Nature; Cultural Theory; Cultural Studies; General Literature Studies; Ecology

eBook

Published: July 27, 2017
ISBN: 9783839439562