The Dignity of Heritage

by Michael Rowlands and Beverley Butler

Book Overview

The Dignity of Heritage makes a radical break with routinised accounts and definitions of cultural heritage and with the existing or 'established' canon of cultural heritage texts. Jacques Derrida's rallying call to 'restore heritage to dignity' is taken as an alternative guiding metaphor by which this book critically re-visits the core question - what constitutes cultural heritage? Engaging with concerns (notably the moral-ethical issues) that shape...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415517605
• ISBN13: 9780415517607
• Release Date: December 2023
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 224 Pages