Imagining Earth :
Imagining Earth : Concepts of Wholeness in Cultural Constructions of Our Home Planet /
ed. by Nicolas Pethes, Solvejg Nitzke.
- Bielefeld : transcript Verlag, [2017] ©2017
- 1 online resource (174 p.)
- Edition Kulturwissenschaft ; 142 .
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Mathematical Images of Planet Earth -- Google Earth -- Mediating Gaia -- Why Ecological Awareness is Loopy -- »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.« -- »earth's slow turning into the dark« -- A Whole Earth Monument -- Contributors
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.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license:
In English.
9783839439562
2019666916
Culture--Philosophy.
Cultural Studies.
Cultural Theory.
Culture.
Earth.
Ecology.
General Literature Studies.
Home Planet.
Literature.
Media.
Mythology.
Nature.
Religion.
Utopia.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture.
Cultural Studies. Cultural Theory. Culture. Earth. Ecology. General Literature Studies. Home Planet. Literature. Media. Mythology. Nature. Religion. Utopia.
HM621 HM
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Mathematical Images of Planet Earth -- Google Earth -- Mediating Gaia -- Why Ecological Awareness is Loopy -- »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.« -- »earth's slow turning into the dark« -- A Whole Earth Monument -- Contributors
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.
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license:
In English.
9783839439562
2019666916
Culture--Philosophy.
Cultural Studies.
Cultural Theory.
Culture.
Earth.
Ecology.
General Literature Studies.
Home Planet.
Literature.
Media.
Mythology.
Nature.
Religion.
Utopia.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture.
Cultural Studies. Cultural Theory. Culture. Earth. Ecology. General Literature Studies. Home Planet. Literature. Media. Mythology. Nature. Religion. Utopia.
HM621 HM