Efnisyfirlit

• Cover Page
• Half Title page
• Series page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• List of Figures
• List of Contributors
• Preface and Acknowledgements
• 1 Introduction: Starting a Conversation with Landscape
• Conversations – With Landscape?
• Landscape – Extending the Horizon
• The Book
• References
• 2 Conversations with Ourselves in Metaphysical Experiences of Nature
• Introduction
• Metaphysical Experience of Landscape
• The Self of Metaphysical Experiences
• The Embodied Self of Metaphysical Experiences
• Ethical Implications of Metaphysical Experiences of Wild Landscapes
• References
• 3 The Limits of our “Conversations with Nature”
• Introduction: A Generative Metaphor
• What do Environmental Philosophers Gain in Using Such Metaphors?
• An Ontological “Decentering”
• An Epistemological Shift
• A Shift in Attitudes – Against Hubris
• Theoretical and Practical Limitations of the Non-Anthropocentric Approach
• Conclusion
• References
• 4 Landscape as Conversation
• Introduction
• Landscape as a Relational Space in the World of Perception
• The Icelandic Landscape Concept
• The Culturally Embedded Meaning of Landslag
• Acknowledgements
• References
• 5 Time for Fluent Landscapes
• Introduction
• Archaeologies of Landscape
• Archaeological Approaches to Landscape
• Material Events: Residuality and Bricolage
• Vatnsfjörður’s Fluent Landscape
• Is Landscape still Landscape?
• References
• 6 Grief Paves the Way
• Introduction
• Landscape2
• Speed and the Nation-Form in Iceland
• The Girl in Kúagerði
• Road Safety
• Paving the Way
• Tracing the Path of Death
• Conclusion
• Acknowledgements
• References
• 7 Slipping into Landscape
• Introduction
• Connecting to Landscape – Paths and Visions
• The Slip
• Paths of Motion and Emotion
• References
• 8 Landscape and Aesthetic Values: Not Only in the Eye of the Beholder
• Introduction
• Landscape: Objective or Subjective?
• Landscape as Flesh: Merleau-Ponty’s Rethinking of Subject and Object
• Landscape – Flesh – Atmosphere
• References
• 9 The Sublime, Ugliness and “Terrible Beauty” in Icelandic Landscapes
• Introduction
• The Sublime
• Ugliness
• Terrible Beauty
• Conclusion: Enriching Relationships with Nature
• References
• 10 Transporting Nature: Landscape in Icelandic Urban Culture
• Changing Places
• Children of Nature?
• The Landscape in the Living Room
• The Visual World: Nature Near and Far
• The Land and the Sofa Painting
• Settlements: Routes and Roots
• Þingvellir in Reykjavík
• Transported Mountains
• Seizing Landscape
• References
• 11 Ways of Addressing Nature in a Northern Context: Romantic Poet and Natural Scientist Jónas Hallgrímsson
• Rural Roots and Urban Education
• What Makes a Nature Poet?
• Lava Formation and Levels of Conversation
• Inner and Outer Nature in Jónas’s Later Poetry
• References
• 12 A Stroll through Landscapes of Sheep and Humans
• Introduction
• Animals, Spaces, Places – and Landscapes
• Animal, Umwelt and Landscape
• Iceland: A Grazed Landscape
• The Mountain in the Lamb
• The Umwelt of the Road
• Conclusion: Inter-Species Conversations and Landscape Politics
• References
• 13 Sentience
• Considering Sentience
• Sentience and the Whaling Issue
• Sentience and Hydroelectric Development
• Ocean and Land
• Analysis and Conclusions
• Acknowledgements
• References
• 14 The Empty Wilderness: Seals and Animal Representation
• Introduction: The Eclipsed Animal
• The Context of the Research
• The Art and Resonance
• Empathy and Notions of Weakness
• A Proposed Meeting of Human and Animal
• References
• 15 Aurora Landscapes: Affective Atmospheres of Light and Dark
• Introduction
• Tourist Doxa and Sensual Experience
• Landscape and Light
• The Still Sensing of the Landscapes of the Aurora
• Vitalist Landscapes
• Aurora Landscapes and Affect
• The Ineffable Landscapes of Aurora: A Return to the Sublime
• References
• 16 Epilogue
• I
• II
• III
• IV
• V
• VI
• References
• Index