Modernity's Classics
This book presents critical studies of modern reconfigurations of conceptions of the past, of the 'classical', and of national heritage. Its scope is global (China, India, Egypt, Iran, Judaism, the Greco-Roman world) and inter-disciplinary (textual philology, history of art and architectur...
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| Format: | Edited Volume |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin Heidelberg
Springer
2013
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| Series: | Transcultural Research – Heidelberg Studies on Asia and Europe in a Global Context
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| Volumes / Articles: | Show Volumes / Articles. |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-642-33071-1 |
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| Online Access: | Verlag, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33071-1 Resolving-System, lizenzpflichtig, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-33071-1 Cover: https://swbplus.bsz-bw.de/bsz379693992cov.jpg Inhaltsverzeichnis: https://swbplus.bsz-bw.de/bsz369981073inh.htm Verlag, Inhaltstext: http://deposit.dnb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?id=4096274&prov=M&dok_var=1&dok_ext=htm 
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| Author Notes: | ed. by Sarah C. Humphreys; Rudolf G. Wagner |
| Summary: | This book presents critical studies of modern reconfigurations of conceptions of the past, of the 'classical', and of national heritage. Its scope is global (China, India, Egypt, Iran, Judaism, the Greco-Roman world) and inter-disciplinary (textual philology, history of art and architecture, philosophy, gardening). Its emphasis is on the complexity of the modernization process and of reactions to it: ideas and technologies travelled from India to Iran and from Japan to China, while reactions show tensions between museumization and the recreation of 'presence'. It challenges readers to rethink the assumptions of the disciplines in which they were trained |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISBN: | 9783642330711 1299336280 9781299336285 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/978-3-642-33071-1 |