To Grasp the Whole World: Politics and Aesthetics Before and After Alexander von Humboldt.

Alexander von Humboldt aimed »to grasp the whole world«. He searched the unknown in order to explain that which was close but incomprehensible as a result of being seen in isolation from the network to which it belongs. All natural, cultural and social phenomena are interrelated and should be studied as a whole. Contrary to a hierarchical scientific methodology based on a first principle that supports the whole, Humboldt conceives a complex network in which every individual element is equally important, despite each having its own unique dimensions and logic. Humboldt's natural studies, classifications, and measurements, as well as his social, artistic, cultural, political and economic research, make up a theory of the cosmos that connects all of these different spheres.

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Soraya Nour Sckell and Damien Ehrhardt Introduction Part I: Alexander von Humboldt's Legacy Damien Ehrhardt and Hélène Fleury Science and »Transareality« in Humboldt's Cosmos Irene Portela and Domingos Vieira Cosmos, Citizenship and Justice João Motta Guedes The Aesthetics of the Political Image: Analysing the Paintings of Rugendas After Humboldt Elena Soboleva From Timor to Brazil with the Support of the Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung Part II: Politics Soraya Nour and Claus Zittel Historiography as Critique of Ideology: The Legacy of Hobbes in International Relations Theory Christopher Pollmann »My Home is the Planet«. The Totalizing and Monotonizing Expansion of Individual and Collective Human Life Pedro Tiago Ferreira A Cosmopolitan Approach to Just War Theory Cristina Hermida del Llano The Importance of Non-Governmental Organisations for Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals: Combatting Racial Discrimination Against of Roma in Europe Paulo de Brito Is Cosmopolitanism at Risk? Part III: Culture and Art Nguyen Quy Dao The Art of Calligraphy in the Far-East Nuno Miguel Proença Cosmology, Embodiment and Emotions in Arthur Schopenhauer's Metaphysics of Music Sara Fernandes On Personal Identity and Neuroenhancement Carlos João Correia Culture and Post-culture Biographies, Index