Insularity

As insularity ( English insularity ) is called from the realities of a geographical insularity derived features. The term came up during the Renaissance and was used scientifically for the first time in the 20th century, with different meanings in different disciplines. It is used in natural space to describe climate models , but it is also used in relation to the peculiarities of the inhabitants of islands, scientifically in biology, sociologically in human geography and economics.

Sociologists and historians use this term to examine the self-image of islanders. From a cultural anthropological point of view, Ina-Maria Greverus understood the term “as an external image and self-image of life on islands and the mentality of the islanders”; There remains with these "the other, the special that distinguishes them from the mainland." In particular, the term is used for the residents of the United Kingdom to understand their self-image, which stems from both the isolation through the island location and the status of the first sea power to put into words (see also splendid isolation ).

In addition, cultural scientists have metaphorically related the term to "island locations" of cultural or social isolation (such as linguistic islands ). The Germanist Anna E. Wilkens described insularity in 2011 as a term that has meanwhile become a term that is used “almost synonymously with isolation ” and encompasses “the entirety of cultural conceptions of islands”, namely the “usual clichés” that they are “manageable, controllable, ... a distinct place …, Closed and isolated and consequently timeless ”. For example, Michail Bachtin speaks of the “insularity of the carnival” compared to the everyday world, a term that Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht took up.

literature

Frauke Lätsch: Insularity and Society in Antiquity. Investigations into the effects of the island location on the development of society (= Geographica Historica. Volume 19). Franz Steiner, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 978-3-515-08431-4 , pp. 25-28 .
Anna E. Wilkens, Patrick Ramponi, Helge Wendt (eds.): Islands and archipelagos: cultural figures of the island between isolation and delimitation. Transcript, Biefeld 2011, ISBN 978-3-8376-1242-4 .
Ralf Heimrath, Arndt Kremer (ed.): Insularity. Small Worlds in Linguistic and Cultural Perspectives. Königshausen and Neumann, Würzburg 2015, ISBN 978-3-8260-5540-9 .
Katrin Dautel, Kathrin Schödel (Eds.): Insularity. Representations and Constructions of Small Worlds. Königshausen and Neumann, Würzburg 2016, ISBN 978-3-8260-5539-3 .

supporting documents

^ Frauke Lätsch: Insularity and Society in Antiquity. Investigations into the effects of the island location on the development of society (= Geographica Historica. Volume 19). Franz Steiner, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 978-3-515-08431-4 , p. 25 .
↑ Ina-Maria Greverus: About the poetry and prose of spaces: thoughts on an anthropology of space. Lit, Berlin 2009, p. 484 . See also p. 492 f.
↑ Keith Robbins: Insular Outsider? 'British History' and European Integration. In: ders .: History, Religion and Identity in Modern Britain. The Hambledon Press, London, Rio Grande 1993, ISBN 1-85285-101-5 , pp. 45-58 (preview) ; Charles E. Ritterband : Great Britain's difficult relationship with Europe. ( Memento from October 19, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) In: Zurich contributions to security policy and conflict research. Vol. 44, 1997, pp. 109-122 (PDF).
^ Anna E. Wilkens: Exhibition of contemporary art: Islands - Archipelagos - Atolls. Figures of the insular. In: Anna E. Wilkens, Patrick Ramponi, Helge Wendt (eds.): Islands and archipelagos: cultural figures of the insular between isolation and delimitation. Transcript, Biefeld 2011, ISBN 978-3-8376-1242-4 , pp. 57-98, here p. 62 . There the fundamental construction of islands and insularity is reflected and pointed out to many existing insularities .
^ Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht: Laughter and arbitrariness / subjectivity and seriousness. The "libre de buen amor", the "Celestina" and the style of creating meaning in the early modern era. In: Wolfram Studies. Vol. 7, 1982, pp. 184-213, here p. 190 .

[1] Frauke Lätsch: Insularity and Society in Antiquity. Investigations into the effects of the island location on the development of society (= Geographica Historica. Volume 19). Franz Steiner, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 978-3-515-08431-4 , p. 25 .

[2] Ina-Maria Greverus: About the poetry and prose of spaces: thoughts on an anthropology of space. Lit, Berlin 2009, p. 484 . See also p. 492 f.

[3] Keith Robbins: Insular Outsider? 'British History' and European Integration. In: ders .: History, Religion and Identity in Modern Britain. The Hambledon Press, London, Rio Grande 1993, ISBN 1-85285-101-5 , pp. 45-58 (preview) ; Charles E. Ritterband : Great Britain's difficult relationship with Europe. ( Memento from October 19, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) In: Zurich contributions to security policy and conflict research. Vol. 44, 1997, pp. 109-122 (PDF).

[4] Anna E. Wilkens: Exhibition of contemporary art: Islands - Archipelagos - Atolls. Figures of the insular. In: Anna E. Wilkens, Patrick Ramponi, Helge Wendt (eds.): Islands and archipelagos: cultural figures of the insular between isolation and delimitation. Transcript, Biefeld 2011, ISBN 978-3-8376-1242-4 , pp. 57-98, here p. 62 . There the fundamental construction of islands and insularity is reflected and pointed out to many existing insularities .

[5] Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht: Laughter and arbitrariness / subjectivity and seriousness. The "libre de buen amor", the "Celestina" and the style of creating meaning in the early modern era. In: Wolfram Studies. Vol. 7, 1982, pp. 184-213, here p. 190 .