What is Landscape (Paperback)

Michael Jakob

ISBN 10: 8898774990 / ISBN 13: 9788898774999

Editore: ListLab, Trento, 2018

Paperback. The contemporary debate on landscape is no longer an exclusive idiolect; it has expanded into a relentless babel. The field is glutted with an ever-increasing number of articles, collective works and conventions. Once marginal, landscape has now become central, even essential to philosophy and geography. Its significance within sociological, anthropological and archaeological theories has also strengthened exponentially, making it the rising star of academia. This book acknowledges the importance of eco-theory to contemporary thought, exploring the limits of its study as well as the new horizons it opens up. AUTHOR: Michael Jakob is a professor of history and theory of landscape at the Polytechnic of Lausanne (EPFL) and the School of Engineering in Geneva (hepia), and Professor of Comparative Literature at the University of Grenoble. SELLING POINT: A study on an evolving field, which is currently at the heart of social science discourse 100 colour images A study on an evolving field, currently at the heart of social science discourse. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Codice articolo 9788898774999

Riassunto:

Il dibattito contemporaneo sul paesaggio non è più l’espressione delle preoccupazioni di una sola classe sociale o di una sola disciplina. Siamo oggi di fronte ad un diffuso interesse, il quale invade ogni ambito della vita quotidiana e del sapere. Non a caso, anche le discipline umanistiche partecipano a questa tendenza, incoraggiandola con un’impressionante quantità di articoli, pubblicazioni e dibattiti. Una volta per così dire marginale, il paesaggio è diventato centrale, se non addirittura essenziale per discipline quali l’estetica e la geografia, ma anche sociologia, antropologia ed archeologia. A fronte di cio’, il libro tenta di offrire un compendio di cosa oggi rappresenti e come sia diventata tale la nozione di paesaggio.

Dalla quarta di copertina: The contemporary debate on landscape is no longer an exclusive idiolect; it has expanded into a relentless babel. The field is glutted with an ever-increasing number of articles, collective works and conventions. Once marginal, landscape has now become central, even essential to philosophy and geography. Its significance within sociological, anthropological and archaeological theories has also strengthened exponentially, making it the rising star of academia. This book acknowledges the importance of eco-theory to contemporary thought, exploring the limits of its study as well as the new horizons it opens up.

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Titolo: What is Landscape (Paperback)
Casa editrice: ListLab, Trento
Data di pubblicazione: 2018
Legatura: Paperback
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