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Author Eriksen, Anne, author.

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

Publication Info. New York : Berghahn Books, 2014.
©2014

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Description 1 online resource (vi, 179 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
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Series Time and the world : interdisciplinary studies in cultural transformations ; Volume 1
Time and the world ; v. 1.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 166-173) and index.
Summary 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 present.
Contents Introduction -- Heritage and cultural memory -- In search of ancient heroes -- Antiquarianism and epistemic virtue -- Ruins and time -- Mediaeval monuments -- Museums to preserve our past -- Monuments and memorials -- Cultural property, cultural heritage -- Heritage and presentism.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Cultural property -- Protection -- Philosophy.
Cultural property -- Protection -- Philosophy.
Cultural property -- Protection.
Historic preservation -- Philosophy.
Historic preservation.
Philosophy.
Antiquities -- Collection and preservation -- Philosophy.
Antiquities -- Collection and preservation.
Cultural property -- Protection -- Norway.
Norway.
Historic preservation -- Norway.
Norway -- Antiquities -- Collection and preservation.
Antiquities.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Eriksen, Anne. From antiquities to heritage. New York : Berghahn Books, 2014 9781782382980 (DLC) 2013029908 (OCoLC)855043011
ISBN 9781782382997 (electronic book)
1782382992 (electronic book)
1306877814 (electronic book)
9781306877817 (electronic book)
9781782382980
1782382984