{"product_id":"heritopia-world-heritage-and-modernity-hardcover","title":"Heritopia: World Heritage and Modernity - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJes Wienberg\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHeritopia\u003c\/i\u003e creatively investigates the meaning of the past in the present, using Abu Simbel and other World Heritage sites as points of departure. It paves the way for a new discourse about pastness, heritage and society. In doing so, it overcomes the division between critical heritage inquiry and the world of heritage management.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHeritopia is an original inquiry into World Heritage and modernity. While its author is an archaeologist, the book ranges widely across a variety of disciplines, including philosophy, social sciences, and the arts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eUsing the famous temples of Abu Simbel and other World Heritage sites as a point of departure, the book explores multiple meanings of the past in the present. It employs three perspectives: 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 an enlightened combination of technological progress and recently evolved ideas. The book resists the notion that heritage is everywhere and that it constitutes 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIntroducing the term Heritopia in order to conceptualise the utopian expectations associated with World Heritage, the book points to possibilities of using the past creatively when meeting present-day and future challenges.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJes Wienberg is a Professor in the Department of Archaeology and Ancient History at Lund University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 02, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47412492501170,"sku":"9789198469936","price":63.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/dfd06a9b142e16349bf99a8f73c7b1a6.webp?v=1778321687","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/heritopia-world-heritage-and-modernity-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}