Things of the past : a modern yearning / Kasper Risbjerg Eskildsen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Risbjerg Eskildsen, Kasper, author.

Series:

Cambridge elements. Elements in historical theory and practice

Cambridge elements. Elements in historical theory and practice, 2634-8616

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Antiquarianism.

Antiques.

Historiography.

antiques (object genre).

historiography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2025.

Summary:

"This Element explores the yearning for things of the past, from early modern antiquarianism to the contemporary art market. It tells a global story about scholars who, driven by this yearning, roamed the world and amassed many of its historical artefacts. Their motivation was not just pleasure or profit. They longed for a past that had been lost and strived to reconstruct world history anew. This rewriting of history unleashed heated debates, all over the world and raging for centuries. The debates concerned not only the past but also the present and the future. Many believed that, by revealing a strange and foreign past, the material remains opened a path to modernity. So, the Element investigates not only the history of historical scholarship, and its obsession with things, but also our relationship to the past as modern human beings"-- Cambridge University Press.

Contents:

A modern yearning

A history of things

Assembling the world

Dividing the world

Many things.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (Cambridge University Press, viewed November 5, 2025).

Other Format:

Print version: Risbjerg Eskildsen, Kasper. Things of the past

ISBN:

9781009342988

1009342983

OCLC:

1542822728

Publisher Number:

CIPO000285806

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license