The Pull of the Sky — Jeffrey Jerome Cohen
For thousands of years, humans have imagined what it would mean to
view the Earth from celestial heights. Jeffrey Jerome Cohen
questions how we might reconcile our bounded lives with our longing
for the cosmos.
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vor 6 Jahren
In this narrated essay from our first issue on Perspective,
medievalist Jeffrey Jerome Cohen examines the history of our
attraction to see Earth from above. He wonders what an enlarged
perspective might bring. Does it offer a deeper understanding of
ourselves as Earthlings or is this attraction an indulgence in a
dangerous fantasy that we might be free of the gravity, and
complexity, of life on Earth. Jeffrey Jerome Cohen is the author of
Stone: An Ecology of the Inhuman and Earth. Learn more about your
ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
medievalist Jeffrey Jerome Cohen examines the history of our
attraction to see Earth from above. He wonders what an enlarged
perspective might bring. Does it offer a deeper understanding of
ourselves as Earthlings or is this attraction an indulgence in a
dangerous fantasy that we might be free of the gravity, and
complexity, of life on Earth. Jeffrey Jerome Cohen is the author of
Stone: An Ecology of the Inhuman and Earth. Learn more about your
ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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