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Ecological Thought in German Literature and Culture

Inbunden, Engelska, 2017

AvGabriele Duerbeck,Urte Stobbe,Hubert Zapf,Evi Zemanek

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The volume offers a survey of the contribution of German literature and culture to the evolution of ecological thought. As the field of ecocritical theory and practice is rapidly expanding towards transnational and global dimensions, it seems nevertheless necessary to consider the distinct manifestations of ecological thought in various cultures. In this sense, the volume demonstrates in twenty-six essays from different disciplines how German literature, philosophy, art, and science have contributed in unique ways to the emergence of ecological thought on national and transnational scale. The volume maps the most important and characteristic of these developments both on a theoretical and on a textual-analytical level. It is structured in five parts ranging from proto-ecological thought since early modern times (part I) to major theoretical approaches (part II), environmental history (part III), and ecocritical case studies (part IV), to ecological visions in different media and art forms (part V). The four editors have widely published and are actively involved in ecocritical literary and cultural studies. The group of editors consists of two scholars of German literature and cultural studies, Gabriele Duerbeck and Urte Stobbe (both University of Vechta), a scholar in German and comparative literature, Evi Zemanek (University of Freiburg), as well as a scholar of Anglo-American ecoliterature and ecocriticism, Hubert Zapf. All of them are involved in various projects and research networks on ecology and literature. The contributors of the individual chapters likewise are all experts in their respective fields, ranging from German literature, history, environmental studies, art history, music and art. The book is a unique and readily accessible collection of essays that is of relevance not only for a German and continental European but for a worldwide audience.

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Utgivningsdatum2017-10-16
Mått158 x 238 x 31 mm
Vikt821 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieEcocritical Theory and Practice
Antal sidor484
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781498514927

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Gabriele Dürbeck is professor of literature and cultural studies at University of Vechta.Urte Stobbe is postdoctoral fellow and lecturer in the field of German literature and linguistic at University of Vechta.Hubert Zapf is professor of American literature and co-director of environmental humanities research at the University of Augsburg.Evi Zemanek is associate professor of German literature and interart studies at the University of Freiburg.

Introduction Gabriele Dürbeck, Urte Stobbe, Hubert Zapf, and Evi ZemanekPart I: Proto-Ecological Thought1.Cultural History of the Four Elements Anke Kramer2.Goethe’s Concept of Nature: Proto-Ecological ModelHeather Sullivan3.Nature, Language, and Religion: Herder and BeyondKate Rigby4.Poet and Philosopher: Novalis and Schelling on Nature and Matter Berbeli Wanning 5.Alexander von Humboldt as Ecologist Caroline Schaumann Part II: Theoretical Approaches6.Heidegger’s Ecological Criticism Silvio Vietta7.Ecocriticism and the Frankfurt School Timo Müller8.The Ethics and Aesthetics of Landscapes Angelika Krebs9.Niklas Luhmann’s Theory of Social Systems Hannes Bergthaller 10.Risk Theory Benjamin Bühler11.Cultural Ecology Hubert ZapfPart III: Environmental History in Germany12.Thinking the Disaster: A Historical Approach Francois Walter13.Industrial Pollution in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries Martin Bemmann14.Cultural Landsca

The volume Ecological Thought in German Literature, edited by some of the leading German researchers in ecologically-oriented literary studies, highlights the "potentially infinite connectivity and potentially infinite diversity" of the "ecological thought" (Dürbeck/Stobbe/Zapf/Zeminek xiv). This volume shows that German ecological thought looks back on a long and highly-differentiated tradition of theory and methodology and can, therefore, be more fruitfully summarized under the label of ecological thinking rather than under that of ecocriticism.