Kathleen Kete: The Alpine Enlightenment

Cover: 9780226835488 | The Alpine Enlightenment | Kathleen Kete | Taschenbuch | Englisch

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"In The Alpine Enlightenment, historian Kathleen Kete takes us into the world of the Genevan geologist, physicist, inventor, and mountaineer Horace Bâenâedict de Saussure. During his prodigious climbs into the upper ranges of the Alps, Saussure focused intensely on the natural phenomena he encountered-glaciers, crevasses, changes in the weather, and shifts in the color of the sky-and he described what he saw and felt with great precision, articulating a view of nature as worthy of respect independently of human needs. Kete uses Saussure's evocative writings, which emphasized above all physical engagement with the earth, to uncover not just how people during the Enlightenment thought about nature, but more importantly how they experienced it. As Kete shows, Saussure thought with and through his body; he harnessed his senses to understand the forces that shaped the world around him, and in so doing, he anticipated present-day concerns about the environment and our place as humans within it"--

Über den Autor

Kathleen Kete is the Borden W. Painter, Jr., '58/H'95 Professor of European History at Trinity College in Connecticut.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2024
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Jahrhundert:	Neuzeit
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13:	9780226835488
ISBN-10:	0226835480
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Kete, Kathleen
Hersteller:	University of Chicago Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	226 x 150 x 16 mm
Von/Mit:	Kathleen Kete
Erscheinungsdatum:	19.11.2024
Gewicht:	0,386 kg