Research Catalog

Title

Philosophical perspectives on ruins, monuments, and memorials / edited by Jeanette Bicknell, Jennifer Judkins, and Carolyn Korsmeyer.

Publication

• New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.
• ©2020

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Details

Additional Authors

• Bicknell, Jeanette
• Judkins, Jennifer, 1955-
• Korsmeyer, Carolyn

Description

ix, 304 pages : illustrations, map; 24 cm

Subjects

• Memory (Philosophy)
• Memorials > Philosophy
• Ruined buildings > Philosophy
• Monuments > Philosophy

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Part 1. Honoring and mourning -- Life and death in rock : a meditation on stone memorials / Kathleen Higgins -- How memorials speak to us / Geoffrey Scarre -- How memorials mean, or how to do things with stones / James O. Young -- The proper object of emotion: memorial art, grief, remembrance / Deborah Knight -- Churches as memory machines / Noël Carroll -- More than bare bones: the artistry and ethics of ossuaries / Susan L. Feagin and Carolyn Korsmeyer. Part 2. Ruins past and present -- The values of ruins and depictions of ruins / Peter Lamarque -- On the road to ruin: anticipating and appreciating the natural degradation of human constructions / Ronald Moore -- Ruins and sham ruins as architectural objects / Saul Fisher -- Rust belt ruins / Renee M. Conroy -- Neo-picturesque / Susan Herrington and Dominic McIver Lopes -- Layers in London: how buildings remember / Jennifer Judkins -- From haunted ruin to touristified city: an aesthetic history of Venice / Max Ryynänen -- The (future of the) ruins in the United Arab Emirates / Zoltán Somhegyi -- Environmental heritage and the ruins of the future / Erich Hatala Matthes. Part 3. Conflict, destruction, and the aftermath -- The reconstruction of damaged or destroyed heritage / Derek Matravers -- Reflections on the Atomic Bomb Ruin in Hiroshima / Yuriko Saito -- Bamiyan's echo: sounding out the emptiness / James Janowski -- The ruins of war / Elizabeth Scarbrough -- Respect, responsibility, and ruins / Jeremy Page and Elisabeth Schellekens -- The physical legacy of a troubled past / Jeannette Bicknell -- For the union dead: memorial hall at Harvard University and the exclusion of the Confederate fallen / Ivan Gaskell -- Ruins and debris: cultural heritage practice, resource management, and archaeology / Robin Coningham and Kai Weise.

Call Number

JFE 19-11630

ISBN

• 9781138504691
• 1138504696

LCCN

2019020504

OCLC

1097258487

Title

Philosophical perspectives on ruins, monuments, and memorials / edited by Jeanette Bicknell, Jennifer Judkins, and Carolyn Korsmeyer.

Publisher

New York, NY : Routledge, 2020.

Copyright Date

©2020

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Bicknell, Jeanette, editor.

Judkins, Jennifer, 1955- editor.

Korsmeyer, Carolyn, editor.

Research Call Number

JFE 19-11630