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La Terre vue d'en haut. L'invention de l'environnement global (Anthropocène) (French Edition)

La Terre vue d'en haut. L'invention de l'environnement global (Anthropocène) (French Edition)

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La Terre vue d'en haut. L'invention de l'environnement global (Anthropocène) (French Edition)

by Sebastian Vincent Grevsmühl

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Signed by Author Trade paperback Tight binding Unmarked text Slight edge wear This book is in French. A richly illustrated book to understand how mastery of the entire Earth has become a geopolitical issue. From images of Apollo to world maps depicting global warming or to photographs of Earth seen from the sky by Arthus-Bertrand, the Earth has become both an object of surveillance and global knowledge, of aesthetic contemplation as well as an ecological pop icon. From the first balloon photographs to the surveillance of the Earth by satellites, a new visual culture and a new technosphere have been created which now envelop the entire planet. This view "from above" is heir to a perspective favored by strategists and warlords. Thus, finitude and fragility, but also hubris of control represent the two inseparable facets of Western environmental sensitivity. Mankind has found itself led to accept the closed and dangerously limited nature of the planet, but this view of the Earth as a "spaceship" has also been accompanied by much more problematic dreams of techno-scientific control of the planet. whole planet. Tracing the genesis of the view from above on the earth since the 19th century, Sebastian Grevsmühl recounts this Western invention of the global environment. It shows the power of images and metaphors to create global imaginaries. At a time of ecological disruption of the Earth system, we have a lot to learn from a history of the invention of the global environment and this recurring tension between finitude and domination.

Un livre richement illustré pour comprendre comment la maîtrise de la Terre entière est devenue un enjeu géopolitique. Des images dApollo aux mappemondes figurant le réchauffement climatique ou aux photographies de La Terre vue du ciel dArthus-Bertrand, la Terre est devenue à la fois objet de surveillance et de savoir global, de contemplation esthétique tout autant quicône pop écolo. Des premières photographies en ballon à la surveillance de la Terre par satellites, se sont constituées une nouvelle culture visuelle et une nouvelle technosphère qui enveloppent désormais la planète entière. Cette vue " par en-haut " est héritière dune perspective privilégiée par les stratèges et chefs de guerre. Ainsi, finitude et fragilité, mais aussi hubris de contrôle représentent les deux facettes indissociables de la sensibilité environnementale occidentale. Lhumanité sest trouvée conduite à accepter la nature close et dangereusement limitée de la planète, mais cette vision de la Terre comme un " vaisseau spatial " sest aussi accompagnée de rêves, beaucoup plus problématiques, de contrôle technoscientifique de lensemble de la planète.Retraçant la genèse de la vue " par en-haut " sur la terre depuis le XIXe siècle, Sebastian Grevsmühl raconte cette invention occidentale de lenvironnement global. Il montre le pouvoir des images et des métaphores de créer des imaginaires globaux. À lheure dun dérèglement écologique du système Terre, nous avons beaucoup à apprendre dune histoire de linvention de lenvironnement global et de cette tension récurrente entre finitude et domination. Power Images Metaphors Global Imaginaries Ecological Disruption Earth System 052821

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Title
La Terre vue d'en haut. L'invention de l'environnement global (Anthropocène) (French Edition)
Author
Sebastian Vincent Grevsmühl
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Paperback
ISBN 10
2021111296
ISBN 13
9782021111293
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SEUIL
Place of Publication
Paris, FR
Date Published
2014
Pages
372
Keywords
Power Images Metaphors Global Imaginaries Ecological Disruption Earth System 052821

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