BJKS Podcast 34. Book club: The Invention of Nature (Humboldt biography) by Andrea Wulf, parts 1 & 2
This is the first episode of the third edition of the book club. This time, we're reading Andrea Wulf's biography of Alexander von Humboldt, The Invention of Nature. In this episode, we will discuss parts 1 and 2. As always with the book club, in each episode we will talk about whatever happened, so there will be spoilers and it probably makes most sense if you have read as far as we have.
For this series, I'm joined by Cody Kommers, former guest of the podcast (episode 4), fellow podcaster, and fellow PhD student in cognitive neuroscience. Cody has a particular interest in travel and psychology.
Podcast links
- Website: https://bjks.buzzsprout.com/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/BjksPodcast
Cody's links
- Website: https://www.codykommers.com/
- Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.de/citations?user=ImTtx_kAAAAJ
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/codykommers
- Newsletter: https://codykommers.substack.com/
Ben's links
- Website: www.bjks.blog/
- Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.co.uk/citations?user=-nWNfvcAAAAJ
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/bjks_tweets
References
Berlin, I. (2013). The roots of romanticism. Princeton University Press.
Fatland, E. (2020). Sovietistan. Simon and Schuster.
Lévi-Strauss, C. (1955). Tristes Tropiques. Librairie Plon.
Wulf, A. (2015). The invention of nature: Alexander von Humboldt's new world. Knopf.