In this Book
- The Planetary Turn: Relationality and Geoaesthetics in the Twenty-First Century
- Book
- 2015
- Published by: Northwestern University Press
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A groundbreaking essay collection that pursues the rise of geoculture as an essential framework for arts criticism, The Planetary Turn shows how the planet—as a territory, a sociopolitical arena, a natural space of interaction for all earthly life, and an artistic theme—is increasingly the conceptual and political dimension in which twenty-first-century writers and artists picture themselves and their work. In an introduction that comprehensively defines the planetary model of art, culture, and cultural-aesthetic interpretation, the editors explain how the living planet is emerging as distinct from older concepts of globalization, cosmopolitanism, and environmentalism and is becoming a new ground for exciting work in contemporary literature, visual and media arts, and social humanities. Written by internationally recognized scholars, the twelve essays that follow illustrate the unfolding of a new vision of potential planetary community that retools earlier models based on the nation-state or political “blocs” and reimagines cultural, political, aesthetic, and ethical relationships for the post–Cold War era.
Table of Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- pp. vii-x
- Introduction: The Planetary Condition
- pp. xi-xxxvii
- Gilgamesh’s Planetary Turns
- pp. 125-142
- Bibliography
- pp. 245-268
- Contributors
- pp. 269-272