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A groundbreaking essay collection that pursues the rise of geo-culture as an essential framework for arts criticism, The Planetary Turn shows how the planet—as a territory, a sociopolitical arena, a natural space of interaction for all earthly life, and an artistic theme—is increasingly the conceptual and political dimension in which twenty-first-century writers and artists picture themselves and their work. In an introduction that comprehensively defines the planetary model of art, culture, and cultural-aesthetic interpretation, the editors explain how the living planet is emerging as distinct from older concepts of globalization, cosmopolitan-ism, and environmentalism and is becoming a new ground for exciting work in contemporary literature, visual and media arts, and social humanities. Written by internationally recognized scholars, the twelve essays that follow illustrate the unfolding of a new vision of potential planetary community that retools earlier models based on the nation-state or political “blocs” and reimagines cultural, political, aesthetic, and ethical relationships for the post–Cold War era.

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This is a particularly timely collection. Indeed, one could read this book as a kind of performative description of a conceptual field that it wishes to bring into existence, and it succeeds admirably. The Planetary Turn gathers together sophisticated and innovative contributions to the topic. --John Frow (The University of Sydney), author of The Practice of Value: Essays on Literature in Cultural Studies (2013)

This is a particularly timely collection. Indeed, one could read this book as a kind of performative description of a conceptual field that it wishes to bring into existence, and it succeeds admirably. The Planetary Turn gathers together sophisticated and innovative contributions to the topic. John Frow (The University of Sydney), author of The Practice of Value: Essays on Literature in Cultural Studies (2013)

This is a particularly timely collection. Indeed, one could read this collection as a kind of performative description of a conceptual field that it wishes to bring into existence, and it succeeds admirably. The essays collected here bring together sophisticated and innovative contributions to the topic. --John Frow, author of The Practice of Value: Essays on Literature in Cultural Studies (2013)

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Amy J. Elias is a professor of English at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA. Christian Moraru is a professor of American literature and critical theory at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, USA.

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