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Mountains have always stirred the human imagination, playing a crucial role in the cultural evolution of peoples around the globe and becoming infused with meaning in the process. Beyond their geographical-geological significance, mountains affect the topography of the mind, whether as objects of peril or attraction, of spiritual enlightenment or existential fulfilment, of philosophical contemplation or aesthetic inspiration. This volume challenges the oversimplified assumption that human interaction with mountains is a distinctly modern development, one that began with the empowerment of the individual in the wake of Enlightenment rationalism and Romantic subjectivity. These essays by European and North American scholars examine the lure of mountains in German literature, philosophy, film, music, and culture from the Middle Ages to the present, with a focus on the interaction between humans and the alpine environment. The contributors consider mountains not as mere symbolic tropes or literary metaphors, but as constituting a tangible reality that informs the experiences and ideas of writers, naturalists, philosophers, filmmakers, and composers. Overall, this volume seeks to provide multiple answers to questions regarding the cultural significance of mountains as well as the physical practice of climbing them. Contributors: Peter Arnds, Olaf Berwald, Albrecht Classen, Roger Cook, Scott Denham, Sean Franzel, Christof Hamann, Harald Höbusch, Dan Hooley, Peter Höyng, Sean Ireton, Oliver Lubrich, Anthony Ozturk, Caroline Schaumann, Heather I. Sullivan, Johannes Türk, Sabine Wilke, Wilfried Wilms. Sean Ireton is Associate Professor of German at the University of Missouri. Caroline Schaumann is Associate Professor of German Studies at Emory University.
Berg --- Berg. --- Deutsch. --- Film. --- Gebirge --- German literature --- German literature. --- Literatur. --- Literature and society --- Literature and society. --- Mountains in literature. --- Mountains in motion pictures. --- Philosophy of nature --- Philosophy of nature. --- History and criticism. --- History --- Deutschland. --- Germany. --- History. --- Motion pictures --- Nature --- Nature, Philosophy of --- Natural theology --- Philosophy --- European history. --- German culture. --- Middle Ages. --- Mountains. --- North American history. --- aesthetic inspiration. --- alpine environment. --- cartology. --- climbing. --- cultural significance. --- cultural trends. --- culture. --- effects of mountains. --- existential fulfillment. --- geographical-geological significance. --- geography. --- medieval history. --- middle ages. --- migration. --- modern history. --- mountains. --- philosophical contemplation. --- philosophy. --- sociology. --- spiritual enlightenment. --- spread of ideas. --- topography. --- trade of ideas. --- trade. --- twenty-first century.
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Mountains have occupied a central place in German, Swiss, and Austrian intellectual culture for centuries. This volume offers the first scholarly English translations of thirteen key texts from the Germanophone tradition of engagement with mountains. The selected texts span over 450 years, ranging from the early modern period to the postmodern era, and encompass several discursive modes of the mountain experience including geographical descriptions, philosophical meditations, aesthetic deliberations, and autobiographical climbing narratives. Well-known figures covered in this translational sourcebook include Conrad Gessner, Johann Jakob Scheuchzer, G.W.F. Hegel, Alexander von Humboldt, Georg Simmel, Leni Riefenstahl, and Reinhold Messner. Each text is accompanied by a critical introduction that places the translated text within a broader cultural context. The dual translational-interpretational approach offered in this volume is intended to stimulate new international and interdisciplinary dialogue on the cultural history of mountains and mountaineering.
Mountains --- Mountaineering --- German literature --- Climbing mountains --- Mountain climbing --- Hiking --- Outdoor life --- Hills --- Mountain peaks --- Mountain ranges --- Mountain ridges --- Mounts (Mountains) --- Orography --- Orology --- Peaks --- Pinnacles --- Ranges, Mountain --- Ridges, Mountain --- Summits (Mountains) --- Uplands --- German mind. --- Germanophone tradition. --- Mountains. --- aesthetic deliberations. --- autobiographical narratives. --- cultural history. --- geographical descriptions. --- interdisciplinary dialogue. --- mountain experience. --- philosophical meditations. --- translations.
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Philosophy of nature --- Thematology --- Literature --- German literature --- Germany
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