On the experience of climate – a history of knowledge
When we talk about climate these days, we do so primarily from a scientific perspective. We can measure and calculate climate, but we cannot experience it directly. However, before climate was defined as "average weather", things were very different.
The cultural and literary scientist Eva Horn takes up knowledge about the climate that seems to have been shelved and shows the close connection that once existed between cultures and their climate. From theories about the influence of air and temperature on body and soul to the image of the "sea of air" and the fantasies of "controlled" climates: drawing on the history of medicine, philosophy, art and literature, Eva Horn creates a great imaginative history of the climate that can provide a new basis for the debate about the climate crisis.
"Horn's sharp-witted analysis is not only of interest to literary scholars, but also stimulates reflection on different functions and conceptions of climate" - pro zukunft, Magdalena Mühlböck
