Cultural Heritage as Civilizing Mission : From Decay to Recovery / edited by Michael Falser.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Falser, Michael., Editor.

Conference Name:

International Workshop on Cultural Heritage and the Temples of Angkor (2nd : 2011 : Heidelberg University)

Series:

Transcultural Research – Heidelberg Studies on Asia and Europe in a Global Context, 2191-656X

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cultural studies.

Architecture.

Archaeology.

Cultural Studies.

Architectural History and Theory.

Local Subjects:

Cultural Studies.

Architectural History and Theory.

Archaeology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (356 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2015.

Place of Publication:

Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book investigates the role of cultural heritage as a constitutive dimension of different civilizing missions from the colonial era to the present. It includes case studies of the Habsburg Empire and German colonialism in Africa, Asian case studies of (post)colonial India and the Dutch East Indies/Indonesia, China and French Indochina, and a special discussion on 20th-century Cambodia and the temples of Angkor. The themes examined range from architectural and intellectual history to historic preservation and restoration. Taken together, they offer an overview of historical processes spanning two centuries of institutional practices, wherein the concept of cultural heritage was appropriated both by political regimes and for UNESCO World Heritage agendas.

Contents:

Cultural Heritage as Civilizing Mission. An Introduction

Part I: Direct Neighbours and the Primitive

Colonialism without Colonies: The Civilizing Missions in the Habsburg Empire

German Colonialism and the Formation of African Heritage

Part II: Civilizing Missions (post)colonial

Between the Colonial, the Global, and the Local––Civilizing India’s Past under Different Regimes

Save Borobudur! The Moral Dynamics of Heritage Formation in Indonesia across Orders and Borders, 1930s–1980s

Part III: From Cultural Brokers to Enlightened Dictators

Decadence and Revival in Cambodian Arts and the Role of George Groslier (1887–1945)

The Civilizing Vision of an Enlightened Dictator: Norodom Sihanouk and the Cambodian Post-Independence Experiment (1953–1970)

Part IV: Archaeological Pasts for Revolutionary Presents

Make the Past Serve the Present: Reading Cultural Relics Excavated during the Chinese Cultural Revolution of 1972

The Myth of Angkor as an Essential Component of the Khmer Rouge Utopia

Part V: Making Cultural Heritage Global

Representing Heritage without Territory––The Khmer Rouge at the UNESCO in Paris During the 1980s and their Civilizing Mission for Angkor

Discourses and Practices between Traditions and World Heritage Making in Angkor

Epilogue: Paving the Way towards Civilization: 150 Years of Saving Angkor.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

ISBN:

3-319-13638-0

OCLC:

904437713