Cultural heritage as civilizing mission : from decay to recovery : proceedings of the 2nd International workshop on cultural heritage and the temples of Angkor : (Chair of global art history, Heidelberg university, 8-10 May 2011)

Körperschaft: International workshop on cultural heritage and the temples of Angkor
Weitere Verfasser: Falser, Michael S. 1973-
Ort/Verlag/Jahr: Cham : Springer International Publishing ; 2015.
Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
Springer, 2015
Umfang/Format: x, 355 pages : 137 illustrations, 65 illustrations in color. ; 24 cm.
Schriftenreihe: Transcultural research-- Heidelberg studies on Asia and Europe in a global context
Schlagworte:
Inhaltsangabe:
  • 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.