Things of the Past : A Modern Yearning
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Elements in Historical Theory and Practice
ISBN-10
1009670891
ISBN-13
9781009670890
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Nov 27th, 2025
Print length
90 Pages
Weight
5 grams
Dimensions
23.50 x 16.10 x 1.10 cms
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This Element explores the modern yearning for things of the past. It tells a global story about scholars who, driven by this yearning, roamed the world and amassed many of its historical artefacts. It is a journey into the modern condition and our relationship to the past as modern human beings.
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.
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