Odyssey without Nostos, or, From Globe to Planet
Author(s): von Herrmann, Hans-Christian
Abstract
We are witnessing a return of cosmology in 20th and 21st century thinking. It is cosmology in the ancient greek sense of the word which addressed the entirety of what surrounds and carries us. Another term for this ongoing transformation is the ›planetary‹ which isn’t simply a synonym for the ›global‹. The planetary means a kind of boundless pervasion based on science and technology and transposing planet earth and human life from a culture-historical to a cosmic scale.
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von Herrmann, Hans-Christian: Odyssey without Nostos, or, From Globe to Planet. In: ZMK Zeitschrift für Medien- und Kulturforschung. Mediocene, Jg. 9 (2018), Nr. 1, S. 147–156. DOI: https://doi.org/10.25969/mediarep/18692.
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