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

• Autore: Eriksen Anne
• Pubblicazione: New York : , : Berghahn, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (187 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.6/9
• Soggetto topico: Cultural property - Protection - Philosophy; Historic preservation - Philosophy; Antiquities - Collection and preservation - Philosophy; Cultural property - Protection - Norway; Historic preservation - Norway
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• 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 book prese
• Titolo autorizzato: From antiquities to heritage
• ISBN: 1-78238-299-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910458503503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Time and the World: Interdisciplinary Studies in Cultural Transformations