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dc.contributor.authorWienberg, Jes
dc.contributor.otherMacArthur, Ian
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-10T14:28:50Z
dc.date.available2021-03-10T14:28:50Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.urihttps://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/47160
dc.description.abstractHeritopia explores the multiple meanings of the past in the present, using the famous temples of Abu Simbel and other World Heritage sites as points of departure. It employs three perspectives in its attempt to understand and explain both past and present the truth of knowledge, the beauties of narrative, and ethical demands. Crisis theories are rejected as nostalgic expressions of contemporary social criticism. Modernity is viewed as a collection of contradictory narratives and reinterpreted as a combination of technological progress and recently evolved ideas. The book argues that while heritage is expanding, it is not to be found everywhere, and its expansion does not constitute a problem. It investigates the World Heritage Convention as an innovation, demonstrating that the definition of a World Heritage site succeeds in creating a tenable category of outstanding and exclusive heritage. The book introduces the term “Heritopia” in order to conceptualise the utopian expectations associated with World Heritage. Finally, it points to the possibilities of using the past creatively when meeting present-day and future challenges.en_US
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::G Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects::GL Library and information sciences / Museology::GLZ Museology and heritage studiesen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NK Archaeologyen_US
dc.subject.classificationthema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology::JHMC Social and cultural anthropologyen_US
dc.subject.otherAbu Simbel; World Heritage; David Lowenthal; heritage industry; uses of the past; truth, beauty, and goodness; chronic nostalgia; concepts of modernity; canonical and critical heritage; authenticityen_US
dc.titleHeritopiaen_US
dc.title.alternativeWorld Heritage and modernityen_US
dc.typebook
oapen.relation.isPublishedByf82fb8cb-bc98-479f-9f26-c9f17b17cd13en_US
oapen.pages336en_US
oapen.place.publicationLunden_US


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