Evi Zemanek
Biographic Data
| ID | 1542560 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Evi Zemanek |
| GIVEN NAMES | Evi |
| FAMILY NAME | Zemanek |
| SIGNATURE | ZEMANEK E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Freiburg |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8707-3880 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Sensational News about Nature
From the perspective of the Environmental Humanities, ozone exerts a special fascination that is rooted in its ambiguity. It is assessed quite differently depending on whether it is encountered in the stratosphere, where the ozone layer protects us from ultraviolet radiation, or near the ground, where it is classified as a harmful substance and pollutant. Since humans cause both its formation near the ground and its destruction in the stratospher…
Between fragility and resilience
Nature documentaries often present contradictory images of, on the one hand, a fragile nature that is threatened or already destroyed by humans and, on the other hand, a resilient nature that indifferently survives the human species. Similar ambivalences characterize the public discourse on "nature" in the Anthropocene. From the perspective of cultural and media studies, this essay attempts to disentangle the incoherencies in popular imaginaries …
Geschichte der Lyrik
Die Geschichte der griechischen Lyrik der Antike ist eng verbunden mit der medialen Entwicklung der griechischen Kultur. Diese führt von völliger Schriftlosigkeit über eine längere Phase schriftlich fundierter Mündlichkeit hin zu einer hochentwickelten Buchkultur.
A Dirty Hero’s Fight for Clean Energy
In contrast to most other fictional texts treating ecological crisis, Ian McEwan's Solar (2010), celebrated as "the book on climate change," does not develop an apocalyptic scenario culminating in a collective catastrophe. Instead, while on the level of discourse mocking today's rhetoric of risk, it stages the disastrous personal risk management of its protagonist by use of satire. Whereas traditionally literary descriptions of natural disasters …
A Dirty Hero’s Fight for Clean Energy
In contrast to most other fictional texts treating ecological crisis, Ian McEwan's Solar (2010), celebrated as "the book on climate change," does not develop an apocalyptic scenario culminating in a collective catastrophe. Instead, while on the level of discourse mocking today's rhetoric of risk, it stages the disastrous personal risk management of its protagonist by use of satire. Whereas traditionally literary descriptions of natural disasters …
A Dirty Hero’s Fight for Clean Energy
In contrast to most other fictional texts treating ecological crisis, Ian McEwan's Solar (2010), celebrated as "the book on climate change," does not develop an apocalyptic scenario culminating in a collective catastrophe. Instead, while on the level of discourse mocking today's rhetoric of risk, it stages the disastrous personal risk management of its protagonist by use of satire. Whereas traditionally literary descriptions of natural disasters …
Geschichte der Lyrik
Die Geschichte der griechischen Lyrik der Antike ist eng verbunden mit der medialen Entwicklung der griechischen Kultur. Diese führt von völliger Schriftlosigkeit über eine längere Phase schriftlich fundierter Mündlichkeit hin zu einer hochentwickelten Buchkultur.
Sensational News about Nature
From the perspective of the Environmental Humanities, ozone exerts a special fascination that is rooted in its ambiguity. It is assessed quite differently depending on whether it is encountered in the stratosphere, where the ozone layer protects us from ultraviolet radiation, or near the ground, where it is classified as a harmful substance and pollutant. Since humans cause both its formation near the ground and its destruction in the stratospher…
Between fragility and resilience
Nature documentaries often present contradictory images of, on the one hand, a fragile nature that is threatened or already destroyed by humans and, on the other hand, a resilient nature that indifferently survives the human species. Similar ambivalences characterize the public discourse on "nature" in the Anthropocene. From the perspective of cultural and media studies, this essay attempts to disentangle the incoherencies in popular imaginaries …
Art (4 works) · Ecocriticism and Environmental Literature (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · History (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Poetry (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Social Psychology (2 works) · Sociology (2 works)