From antiquities to heritage : transformations of cultural memory /

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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 ar...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Eriksen, Anne (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Berghahn Books, 2014.
Series:Time and the world ; v. 1.
Subjects:
Cultural property > Protection > Philosophy.
Historic preservation > Philosophy.
Antiquities > Collection and preservation > Philosophy.
Cultural property > Protection > Norway.
Historic preservation > Norway.
Préservation historique > Philosophie.
Antiquités > Collections et conservation > Philosophie.
Préservation historique > Norvège.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Infrastructure.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
ART > Museum Studies.
Antiquities > Collection and preservation
Cultural property > Protection
Cultural property > Protection > Philosophy
Historic preservation
Kulturmiljövård.
Kulturarvsskydd.
Fornlämningar.
Kulturföremål.
Norway > Antiquities > Collection and preservation.
Norvège > Antiquités > Collections et conservation.
Norway
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Table of 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.

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