German Representations Of The Far North 17th 19th Centuries
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German Representations of the Far North (17th-19th Centuries)
Author: Jan Borm
language: en
Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Release Date: 2020-11-24
German travellers, explorers, missionaries and scholars produced significant new knowledge about the Arctic in Europe and elsewhere from the 17th until the 19th century. However, until now, no English-language study or collective volume has been dedicated to their representations of the Arctic. Possibly due to linguistic barriers, this corpus has not been sufficiently taken into account in transnational and circumpolar approaches to the fast-growing field of Arctic Studies. This volume serves to heighten awareness about the importance of these writings in view of the history of the Far North. The chapters gathered here offer critical readings of manuscripts and publications, including travelogues, natural histories of the Arctic, newspaper articles and scholarly texts based on first-hand observations, as well as works of fiction. The sources are considered in their historical context, as political, religious, social, economic and cultural aspects are discussed in relation to discourses about the Arctic in general. The volume opens with a spirited preface by Professor Jean Malaurie, France’s most distinguished Arctic specialist and author of The Last Kings of Thule (1955).
Legacies of David Cranz's 'Historie von Grönland' (1765)
This book brings together interdisciplinary scholars from history, theology, folklore, ethnology and meteorology to examine how David Cranz’s Historie von Grönland (1765) resonated in various disciplines, periods and countries. Collectively the contributors demonstrate the reach of the book beyond its initial purpose as a record of missionary work, and into secular and political fields beyond Greenland and Germany. The chapters also reveal how the book contributed to broader discussions and conceptualizations of Greenland as part of the Atlantic world. The interdisciplinary scope of the volume allows for a layered reading of Cranz’s book that demonstrates how different meanings could be drawn from the book in different contexts and how the book resonated throughout time and space. It also makes the broader argument that the construction of the Artic in the eighteenth century broadened our understanding of the Atlantic.
Tro og samfund i Grønland
Author: Åge Rydstrøm-Poulsen
language: da
Publisher: Aarhus Universitetsforlag
Release Date: 2021-06-18
Da den norske præst Hans Egede i 1721 drog mod Grønland, var han bogstaveligt talt en mand med en mission. Han ville gøre indbyggerne på Grønland kristne, og det var lykkedes ham at få Frederik 4.s opbakning til sit livs kald. Egede og hans familie slog sig ned i omegnen af Nuuk, hvor han kæmpede for at omvende de omkringboende inuitter. Men da Egede i 1736 forlod Grønland igen, var størstedelen af menigheden, inklusive Egedes kone, døde af en epidemi, og han lå i dyb strid med sig selv, om han virkelig havde udført Guds gerning. Tro og samfund i Grønland kaster nyt lys over Egedes mission og belyser, hvordan der også i dag står strid om hans virke. Nogle ser ham som en tyrannisk undertrykker af et oprindeligt folks særegne kultur og som repræsentant for Danmarks kolonisering. Andre betragter ham som en befrier med et nyt menneskesyn, der civiliserede og samlede Grønland og beredte grunden for et moderne velfærdssamfund 300 år senere.