Baltic Germans
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| - | '''Jakob Johann [[Baron]] von Uexküll''' (8 September 1864 – 25 July 1944) was a [[Baltic Germans|Baltic German]] biologist who worked in the fields of muscular [[physiology]], animal behaviour studies, and the [[cybernetics]] of [[life]]. However, his most notable contribution is the notion of ''[[Umwelt]]'', used by [[Semiotics|semiotician]] [[Thomas Sebeok]] and philosopher [[Martin Heidegger]]. His works established [[biosemiotics]] as a field of research. | + | The '''Baltic Germans''' ({{lang-de|Deutsch-Balten or Deutschbalten}}, later ''Baltendeutsche'') are [[ethnic German]] inhabitants of the eastern shores of the [[Baltic Sea]], in what today are [[Estonia]] and [[Latvia]]. Since their [[Flight and expulsion of Germans (1944–50)|expulsion from Estonia and Latvia and resettlement during the upheavals and aftermath of the Second World War]], Baltic Germans have markedly declined as a geographically determined ethnic group. |
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| - | ==In popular culture== | + | |
| - | Uexküll's ideas about how organisms create their own concept of time are described in [[Peter Høeg|Peter Høeg's]] novel ''[[Borderliners]]'', and contrasted with [[Isaac Newton|Isaac Newton's]] view of time as something that exists independent of life. | + | |
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| - | ==See also== | + | |
| - | *[[List of Baltic Germans#Scientists|List of Baltic German scientists]] | + | |
| - | *[[Jakob von Uexküll Centre]] | + | |
| - | *[[Copenhagen–Tartu school]] | + | |
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The Baltic Germans (Template:Lang-de, later Baltendeutsche) are ethnic German inhabitants of the eastern shores of the Baltic Sea, in what today are Estonia and Latvia. Since their expulsion from Estonia and Latvia and resettlement during the upheavals and aftermath of the Second World War, Baltic Germans have markedly declined as a geographically determined ethnic group.
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