The Summits of Modern Man: Mountaineering After the Enlightenment
(Sprache: Englisch)
Mountaineering has served as a metaphor for civilization triumphant. A fascinating study of the first ascents of the major Alpine peaks and Mt. Everest, The Summits of Modern Man reveals the significance of our encounters with the world's most forbidding...
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Mountaineering has served as a metaphor for civilization triumphant. A fascinating study of the first ascents of the major Alpine peaks and Mt. Everest, The Summits of Modern Man reveals the significance of our encounters with the world's most forbidding heights and how difficult it is to imagine nature in terms other than conquest and domination.
Autoren-Porträt von Peter H. Hansen
Peter H. Hansen is Associate Professor of Humanities and Arts at Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Peter H. Hansen
- 380 Seiten, Maße: 16,4 x 24,4 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: HARVARD UNIV PR
- ISBN-10: 0674047990
- ISBN-13: 9780674047990
- Erscheinungsdatum: 14.05.2013
Sprache:
Englisch
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[A] learned and complex analysis of 'multiple modernities' as seen through the prism of mountaineering...One of the most revealing accounts of the Everest expedition that I have read.--Adam Thorpe"Times Literary Supplement" (07/26/2013)
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