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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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Bielefeld, Germany
transcript Verlag
2017
Bielefeld, Germany : [2017] |
| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | Culture & theory.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009434674206719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter 1 Contents 5 Introduction 7 Mathematical Images of Planet Earth 23 Google Earth 45 Mediating Gaia 61 Why Ecological Awareness is Loopy 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.« 113 »earth's slow turning into the dark« 139 A Whole Earth Monument 155 Contributors 171
