Philosophical perspectives on ruins, monuments, and memorials. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Jeanette Bicknell, Jennifer Judkins, and Carolyn Korsmeyer.
• Editors: Bicknell, Jeanette; Judkins, Jennifer, 1955-; Korsmeyer, Carolyn
• Contents: Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; Introduction; Part 1 Honoring and Mourning; 1 Life and Death in Rock: A Meditation on Stone Memorials; 2 How Memorials Speak to Us; 3 How Memorials Mean, or How to Do Things With Stones; 4 The Proper Object of Emotion: Memorial Art, Grief, Remembrance; 5 Churches as Memory Machines; 6 More Than Bare Bones: The Artistry and Ethics of Ossuaries; Part 2 Ruins Past and Present; 7 The Values of Ruins and Depictions of Ruins; 8 On the Road to Ruin: Anticipating and Appreciating the Natural Degradation of Human Constructions 9 Ruins and Sham Ruins as Architectural Objects10 Rust Belt Ruins; 11 Neo-picturesque; 12 Layers in London: How Buildings Remember; 13 From Haunted Ruin to Touristified City: An Aesthetic History of Venice; 14 The (Future of the) Ruins in the United Arab Emirates; 15 Environmental Heritage and the Ruins of the Future; Part 3 Conflict, Destruction, and the Aftermath; 16 The Reconstruction of Damaged or Destroyed Heritage; 17 Reflections on the Atomic Bomb Ruins in Hiroshima; 18 Bamiyan's Echo: Sounding Out the Emptiness; 19 The Ruins of War; 20 Respect, Responsibility, and Ruins 21 The Physical Legacy of a Troubled Past22 For the Union Dead: Memorial Hall at Harvard University and the Exclusion of the Confederate Fallen; 23 Ruins and Debris: Cultural Heritage Practice, Resource Management, and Archaeology; Notes on Editors and Contributors; Index
• Publisher Details: New York : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 128/.3; Memory (Philosophy); Ruined buildings -- Philosophy; Monuments -- Philosophy; Memorials -- Philosophy; PHILOSOPHY / General; Memory (Philosophy); Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781315146133; 1315146134; 9781351380621; 1351380621; 9781351380645; 1351380648; 9781351380638
• Related ISBNs: 135138063X; 9781138504691; 1138504696
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
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