Têrmin kras v Jesenkovih geografskih učbenikih

Abstract

Janez Jesenko (1838–1908) je bil pomemben pisec osmih slovenskih geografskih ucbenikov v drugi polovici 19. stoletja. Med njegovi najpomembnejsi deli uvrscamo Obcni zemljepis iz leta 1873 in Prirodoznanski zemljepis iz leta 1874. V svojih delih je obravnaval tudi kras. V clanku smo analizirali, kako je razumel kras. Ugotovljeno je bilo, da je bil pri rabi besede nedosleden. Ker se niso bila vzpostavljena, ni uposteval enotnih pravil terminologije. Besedo kras je uporabljal tako v smislu zemljepisnega imena, kot v obcem pomenu, prav tako pa je kras že razumel v sodobnem strokovno znanstvenem pomenu besede. Tudi s fenomenoloskega vidika je kras opisoval v modernem smislu. V clanku smo se dotaknili tudi pomena razumevanja teoreticnih vidikov razvoja pojma kras. //   In the second half of the 19th century Janez Jesenko (1838–1908) was an important writer of eight Slovenian geographical textbooks. Among his most important works are the General Geography of 1873 and the Natural History Geography of 1874. In his works he also covered karst. In the article we analyzed how he understood karst. It was found that the use of words was inconsistent, since terminological rules had not yet been established. He used the Slovenian word “kras” in both geographical and general terms, and understood karst in the modern scientific sense. Even from a phenomenological point of view, karst was described in a modern sense. The article also touches the meaning of theoretical aspects of the karst term development.