"Und das ungeheure Bild der Landschaft.": The Genesis of Landscape Understanding in the German-speaking Regions

by Karsten Berr, Olaf Kïhne

Overview

The understanding of landscape in the German-speaking area has some similarities with the discussions of the topic in other European languages and scientific communities, but there are some specifics. These specifics can be found both in the common sense understanding of landscape and in the history of scientific conceptualization. Special features of the common sense understanding lie on the one hand in the medieval roots, a strong romantic charge and the strong connection between home and landscape. With regard to the scientific examination of landscape, there are specific fractions and discontinuities in the German-speaking world.

Contents• Theoretical Framing: the Creation of Landscape
• The Genesis of the Landscape Concept in the German Language Regions – the Common Sense Understanding
• The Concept of Landscape in Landscape-Related Sciences
• Landscape Research in its Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Challenge

About the Authors
Dr. Karsten Berr works as a research assistant at the Department for Urban and Regional Development at the Eberhard Karls University Tübingen.
Dr. Dr. Olaf Kühne is professor for Urban and Regional Development at the Eberhard Karls University Tübingen.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783658277550
Publisher:	Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden
Publication date:	01/03/2020
Series:	RaumFragen: Stadt - Region - Landschaft
Edition description:	1st ed. 2020
Pages:	99
Product dimensions:	6.61(w) x 9.45(h) x (d)

About the Author

Dr. Karsten Berr works as a research assistant at the Department for Urban and Regional Development at the Eberhard Karls University Tübingen.

Dr. Dr. Olaf Kühne is professor for Urban and Regional Development at the Eberhard Karls University Tübingen.

Table of Contents

introductory Remarks.- Theoretical Framing: the Creation of Landscape.- The Genesis of the Landscape Concept in the German Language Regions – the Common Sense Understanding.- The Concept of Landscape in Landscape-Related Sciences.- Landscape Research in its Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Challenge.- Bottom Line.

Editorial Reviews

​ The book focusses the special German concepts of landscape with its cultural, philososophical and literary implications and unfolds them in the individual, the societal, and the physical compenents. It aims to introduce the international target group into the the different concepts.

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