Museums and societal collapse : the museum as lifeboat /: the museum as lifeboat. (2023)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Robert R. Janes.
• Authors: Janes, Robert R, 1948-
• Contents: Foreword by Ronald Wright Introduction 1. Harbingers of collapse; Civilizational overshoot; Ecological overshoot; Climate trauma; Political incompetence and corporate deceit; Blundering hubris – ecomodernism; The madness of humanity 2. The anatomy of collapse; Global scenarios; The five stages of scietal collapse; The truth hurts 3. The myth of sustainability; Curse of the baby boomers; Energy blindness; Clean technology?; Child servitude; The UN’s unsustainable development goals; Comfort or contraction?; Beyond green 4. Why museums?; Civil society and social capital; Branding adaptation; The ethical obligations of museums; Fragmentation is good and bad; A new narrative 5. The museum as lifeboat; Adaptation or a litany of sorrows?; The four questions; Hopeless but not helpless 6. Afterthoughts; Needed: new institutions; Hospicing museums: an alternative; The small picture; The big picture; Calling all museum people 7. Coda; Indivisible benefits; Who will steward the future?
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2023
• Extent: 1 online resource (228 pages), illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 069; Museums -- Social aspects; Museums -- Management; Museums -- Moral and ethical aspects; Social stability
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000964653
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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