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What is—and what was—“the world”? Though often treated as
interchangeable with the ongoing and inexorable progress of
globalization, concepts of “world,” “globe,” or “earth”
instead suggest something limited and absolute. This innovative and
interdisciplinary volume concerns itself with this central paradox:
that the complex, heterogeneous, and purportedly transhistorical
dynamics of globalization have given rise to the idea and reality
of a finite—and thus vulnerable—world. Through studies of
illuminating historical moments that range from antiquity to the
era of Google Earth, each contribution helps to trace the emergence
of the world in multitudinous representations, practices, and human
experiences.
What is-and what was-"the world"? Though often treated as
interchangeable with the ongoing and inexorable progress of
globalization, concepts of "world," "globe," or "earth" instead
suggest something limited and absolute. This innovative and
interdisciplinary volume concerns itself with this central paradox:
that the complex, heterogeneous, and purportedly transhistorical
dynamics of globalization have given rise to the idea and reality
of a finite-and thus vulnerable-world. Through studies of
illuminating historical moments that range from antiquity to the
era of Google Earth, each contribution helps to trace the emergence
of the world in multitudinous representations, practices, and human
experiences.
By examining the history of universal history from the late Middle
Ages until the early nineteenth century we trace the making of the
global. Early modern universal history can be seen as a response to
the epistemological crisis provoked by new knowledge and
experience. Traditional narratives were no longer sufficient to
gain an understanding of events. Inspired by recent developments in
theory of history, the volume argues that the relevance of
universal history resides in the laboratory of intense, diverse and
mainly unsuccessful attempts at thinking history and universals
together. They all shared the common aim of integrating all time
and space: assemble the world and keep it together.
What is politics? What is a novel? In the mid 18th century these
questions were still unresolved. The study exploits this state of
affairs for closer investigation of the convergence between genre
theory and political theory. It takes its bearings from the "genre
negotiations" to be found in the novels of Wieland and Jean Paul,
disquisitions in which these authors attempt to arrive at
conclusions about the political and poetological conditions under
which they are writing. In terms of the history of the (German)
novel, the background is formed by the transformations undergone by
the 'Staatsroman' (political novel) genre on the threshold from the
Baroque to the modern age.
By examining the history of universal history from the late Middle
Ages until the early nineteenth century we trace the making of the
global. Early modern universal history can be seen as a response to
the epistemological crisis provoked by new knowledge and
experience. Traditional narratives were no longer sufficient to
gain an understanding of events. Inspired by recent developments in
theory of history, the volume argues that the relevance of
universal history resides in the laboratory of intense, diverse and
mainly unsuccessful attempts at thinking history and universals
together. They all shared the common aim of integrating all time
and space: assemble the world and keep it together.
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