
Heritopia
World Heritage and Modernity
Jes Wienberg(Author)
Lund University Press,Sweden
Published on 2. March 2021
Book
Hardback
336 pages
978-91-984699-3-6 (ISBN)
Description
Heritopia investigates the meanings of the past in the present, focusing on Abu Simbel in Egypt and other World Heritage sites. It explores and resolves a number of paradoxes: the past is impossible to preserve for eternity; all preservation implies change; preservation of one site normally means destruction of others; threats are important in the creation of heritage, but at the same time heritage may become a threat and threats can become heritage themselves; heritage stands in contrast to modernity and is at the same time part of it; both the increase and the decrease of modernity create heritage; and finally, heritage may be global and local at the same time. Heritopia will appeal to students and professionals in heritage studies and related subjects such as archaeology, history, ethnology and museology.
An electronic edition of this book is freely available under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND) licence. -- .
An electronic edition of this book is freely available under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND) licence. -- .
Reviews / Votes
'Heritopia is an outstanding and thought-provoking book that not only offers rich accounts and concepts but makes an original contribution to debates around uneasy relations between World Heritage and modernity.'Michal Pawleta, Antiquity -- .
More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Sweden
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
8 black & white illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 145 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
555 gr
ISBN-13
978-91-984699-3-6 (9789198469936)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Jes Wienberg is a Professor in the Department of Archaeology and Ancient History at Lund University -- .
Content
1 The past is everywhere
2 Truth, beauty, and goodness
3 Chronic nostalgia
4 The faces of modernity
5 Heritage in the present
6 Destination World Heritage
7 World Heritage and modernity
Index -- .
2 Truth, beauty, and goodness
3 Chronic nostalgia
4 The faces of modernity
5 Heritage in the present
6 Destination World Heritage
7 World Heritage and modernity
Index -- .