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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458503503321

Autore

Eriksen Anne

Titolo

From antiquities to heritage : transformations of cultural memory / / Anne Eriksen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Berghahn, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-78238-299-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (187 p.)

Collana

Time and the World: Interdisciplinary Studies in Cultural Transformations ; ; Volume 1

Disciplina

363.6/9

Soggetti

Cultural property - Protection - Philosophy

Historic preservation - Philosophy

Antiquities - Collection and preservation - Philosophy

Cultural property - Protection - Norway

Historic preservation - Norway

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chapter 1 - Heritage and Cultural Memory; Chapter 2 - In Search of Ancient Heroes; Chapter 3 - Antiquarianism and Epistemic Virtue; Chapter 4 - Ruins and Time; Chapter 5 - Mediaeval Monuments; Chapter 6 - Museums to Preserve Our Past; Chapter 7 - Monuments and Memorials; Chapter 8 - Cultural Property, Cultural Heritage; Chapter 9 - Heritage and Presentism; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Eighteenth-century gentleman scholars collected antiquities. Nineteenth-century nation states built museums to preserve their historical monuments. In the present world, heritage is a global concern as well as an issue of identity politics. What does it mean when runic stones or medieval churches are transformed from antiquities to monuments to heritage sites? This book argues that the transformations concern more than words alone: They reflect fundamental changes in the way we experience the past, and the way historical objects are assigned meaning and value in the present. This



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