Description

Book Synopsis
This book applies heritage studies to the present and the future of Europe.

Cultural and natural heritage are central to ideas of what Europe and ?the European project?? are. Heritage studies were prevalent in the emergence of nation-states in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, where they were used to justify differences over which border conflicts were fought. Later, the idea of a ?common European heritage? provided a rationale for the development of the European Union. Now, the emergence of ?new? populist nationalisms shows how the imagined past continues to play a role in cultural and social governance, while a series of interlinked social and ecological crises are changing the ways that heritage operates, with new discourses and ontologies emerging to reconfigure heritage for the circumstances of the present and the uncertainties of the future.

Critical Heritage Studies and the Futures of

    Product form

    £63.78

    Includes FREE delivery

    Order before 4pm today for delivery by Wed 19 Aug 2026.

    A Hardback by Rodney Harrison, Nélia Dias, Kristian Kristiansen

    Out of stock

      Trusted by thousands of customers. See 2,385+ Customer Reviews

      View other formats and editions of Critical Heritage Studies and the Futures of by Rodney Harrison

      Publisher: UCL Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 24/10/2023
      ISBN13: 9781800083950, 978-1800083950
      ISBN10: 1800083955

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book applies heritage studies to the present and the future of Europe.

      Cultural and natural heritage are central to ideas of what Europe and ?the European project?? are. Heritage studies were prevalent in the emergence of nation-states in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, where they were used to justify differences over which border conflicts were fought. Later, the idea of a ?common European heritage? provided a rationale for the development of the European Union. Now, the emergence of ?new? populist nationalisms shows how the imagined past continues to play a role in cultural and social governance, while a series of interlinked social and ecological crises are changing the ways that heritage operates, with new discourses and ontologies emerging to reconfigure heritage for the circumstances of the present and the uncertainties of the future.

      Recently viewed products

      © 2026 Book Curl

        • American Express
        • Apple Pay
        • Diners Club
        • Discover
        • Google Pay
        • Maestro
        • Mastercard
        • PayPal
        • Shop Pay
        • Union Pay
        • Visa

        Login

        Forgot your password?

        Don't have an account yet?
        Create account