Islandology : geography, rhetoric, politics /

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Islandology is a fast-paced, fact-filled comparative essay in critical topography and cultural geography that cuts across different cultures and argues for a world of islands. The book explores the logical consequences of geographic place for the development of philosophy and the study of limits (Gr...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Shell, Marc (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2014.
Subjects:
Islands.
Islands in literature.
Cultural geography.
Îles.
Îles dans la littérature.
Géographie culturelle.
islands (landforms)
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geography.
TRAVEL > Budget.
TRAVEL > Hikes & Walks.
TRAVEL > Museums, Tours, Points of Interest.
TRAVEL > Parks & Campgrounds.
Cultural geography
Islands
Islands in literature
Insel
Anthropogeografie
Eilanden.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Defining islands and isolating definition
  • Horizontal and vertical
  • Animate swimmers and inanimate floaters
  • Material substance and state of matter
  • Cities in straits
  • Naming and sovereignty
  • Utopias and laboratory hypotheses
  • Politics, philosophy, epic drama
  • The distracted globe
  • Island words
  • Dire straits
  • Liberty
  • Hamlet is Germany
  • The region of illusion
  • Building for a future
  • Postamble.

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