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Landscape, justice and the quality of life in emblematically embodied nation/states – the case of Denmark

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  • Kenneth R. Olwig
  • Karen Fog Olwig

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The modern notion of the landscape of the nation-state, we argue, emerged in part through an ‘emblematic’ fusion of the nation, imagined as a bio-organic body-politic, and the state conceptualised in geo-metric terms as the Euclidean, cartographic framework within which that body operates. The eliding of the geo-metric with the bio-organic has influenced national discourse, law and practice by defining the legal and social right to belong within this landscape in bio-spatial terms. This is exemplified by the international political cause célèbre of the ‘Schleswig-Holstein Border Question’ and its continuing ramifications for the quality of life in Denmark—particularly for those living in the landscapes of state-designated immigrant ‘ghettoes’ scheduled for physical and social eradication because their settlements are perceived as endangering the bio-spatial cohesion of the ‘nation-state’.

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  • Kenneth R. Olwig & Karen Fog Olwig, 2022. "Landscape, justice and the quality of life in emblematically embodied nation/states – the case of Denmark," Landscape Research, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 47(6), pages 811-828, August.
  • Handle: RePEc:taf:clarxx:v:47:y:2022:i:6:p:811-828
    DOI: 10.1080/01426397.2021.1893289
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