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Aesthetics of the Dangerous and Endangered
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Aesthetics of the Dangerous and Endangered
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In this interdisciplinary work, philosophers from different specialisms connect with the notion of the wild today and interrogate how it is mediated through the culture of the Anthropocene. They make use of empirical material like specific artworks, films and other cultural works related to the term 'wild' to consider the aesthetic experience of nature, focusing on the untamed, the boundless, the unwieldy, or the unpredictable; in other words, aspects of nature that are mediated by culture.
This book maps out the wide range of ways in which we experience the wildness of nature aesthetically, relating both to immediate experience as well as to experience mediated through cultural expression. A variety of subjects are relevant in this context, including aesthetics, art history, theology, human geography, film studies, and architecture. A theme that is pursued throughout the book is the wild in connection with ecology and its experience of nature as both a constructive and destructive force.
Table of Contents
1. Environmental Aesthetics and Rewilding, Jonathan Prior (Cardiff University, UK) and Emily Brady (University of Edinburgh, UK)
2. “Wild Thing” – The Aesthetic Prospects of Wildness, Arto Haapala (University of Helsinki, Finland)
3. A Shelter in the Wilderness, Eivind Kasa (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)
4. Of Wolves and Walls: Architecture and the Wild, Andrew Ballantyne (Newcastle University, UK)
5. Wild Being. On Human Animality, Solveig Bøe (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)
6. Into the Wild: Aesthetics of the Monstrous, Brit Strandhagen (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)
7. Compulsions of Wildness: On Grieg's Trolls in Lang's M, Magnar Breivik (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)
8. The Kalevala and Finnish Rune Songs – Wild Impressions in the Music of Sibelius, Reidar Bakke (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)
9. Dangerous and Endangered Nature. Art as a Way of Seeing, Hege Charlotte Faber (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)
10. Wild Weather – Modes of Being at the Mercy, Sigurd Bergmann (Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway)
11. Watery Wilds: Pond Swimming and Protest on Hampstead Heath, Jessica J. Lee (Independent Scholar, Germany)
12. The Fallow Land. A Farewell, Jan Brockmann (Humboldt University Berlin, Germany)
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Product details
| Published | May 30 2024 |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 240 |
| ISBN | 9781350331044 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Illustrations | 50 bw illus |
| Dimensions | 9 x 6 inches |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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