{"id":1984,"date":"2026-03-14T02:44:35","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T02:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bryannnorton.com\/?page_id=1984"},"modified":"2026-03-14T02:44:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T02:44:38","slug":"planetary-idealism","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bryannnorton.com\/?page_id=1984","title":{"rendered":"Planetary Idealism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-fa584acd wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><br><em>Planetary Idealism<\/em>&nbsp;stages an unlikely encounter between German Idealism and concerns over the environmental impact of new technology. Under contract with Stanford University Press, it takes its cue from Dipesh Chakrabarty\u2019s suggestion that \u201cIf Hegel were alive to plumb the depths of our sense of the present, he would notice an awareness of the planet and of its geobiological history.\u201d While this awareness is often traced back to twentieth century technological developments like GPS or cybernetics, this book uncovers an understanding of the reciprocal determination of nature and technical media already at the end of the eighteenth century. Turning to writings from Hegel, Goethe, Schelling, Novalis, and H\u00f6lderlin,&nbsp;<em>Planetary Idealism<\/em>&nbsp;explores how this incipient awareness of the intercalation of technics and the environment provokes an early effort to develop modes of inhabiting the planet that might withstand the rising tide of the Anthropocene.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bryannnorton.com\/wp-content\/themes\/twentytwentyfive\/assets\/images\/book-image-landing.webp\" alt=\"Image of a book\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1;object-fit:cover\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignfull is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9c22b1e3 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:55%\">\n<div style=\"aspect-ratio:1;min-height:unset;\" class=\"wp-block-cover is-light has-aspect-ratio\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background\" alt=\"Image of the book\" src=\"https:\/\/bryannnorton.com\/wp-content\/themes\/twentytwentyfive\/assets\/images\/book-image-landing.webp\" data-object-fit=\"cover\"\/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#6b6b6b\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><em>If Hegel were alive to plumb the depths of our sense of the present, he would notice an awareness of the planet and of its geobiological history.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Dipesh Chakrabarty<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Planetary Idealism&nbsp;stages an unlikely encounter between German Idealism and concerns over the environmental impact of new technology. Under contract with Stanford University Press, it takes its cue from Dipesh Chakrabarty\u2019s suggestion that \u201cIf Hegel were alive to plumb the depths of our sense of the present, he would notice an awareness of the planet and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1984","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"bryannnorton@gmail.com","author_link":"https:\/\/bryannnorton.com\/?author=1"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Planetary Idealism&nbsp;stages an unlikely encounter between German Idealism and concerns over the environmental impact of new technology. 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